Air tickets to Australia

A country of breathtaking and varied landscapes, your air fare tickets to Australia can take you to stunning, white sandy beaches and magical coral reefs – or to the bush, barren deserts and lush rainforests.

If you’re planning a trip down under, you can find cheap air fare tickets or discount airlines to Australia here. Simply use the box on the right to find out flight availability for your chosen destination.

Ten handy facts about Australia

1. Australia is the world’s largest island but the smallest continent.
2. The island is roughly the size of the US mainland.
3. It is the world’s flattest continent with a range of great plains spanning the country.
4. Australia, not Africa, is the driest inhabited continent in the world.
5. The Australian Federation is made up of six States and two Territories – each with its own capital city.
6. The capital city of Australia is Canberra.
7. Australia is the sixth largest nation in the world.
8. Relative to its size, Australia’s population is quite small at around 20.5 million*.
9. 9. Most of Australia’s population is concentrated on the two southern coastal regions to the east and west. In both areas, the majority of the population lives in towns and cities.
10. Western Australia alone is around the size of Western Europe.

See our travel guide to Australia’s States and Territories.

*Australian Bureau of Statistics (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats)