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Airlie Beach / Whitsunday islands
Cheap flights and car hire

Unless you live nearby in Queensland and can drive there, you will have to fly to the nearest airport first.
Proserpine is the nearest airport for Airlie Beach and Long Island, and Hayman Island and Hamilton Island have their own airports. If you fly in to Proserpine you can fly out to several of the Whitsundays by Air Taxi, or get to Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour on the Whitsunday Transit Service.
Cheap flights are readily available on the internet now as competition along the east coast is tough,
try the sites below or see more cheap flights to Airlie Beach and Whitsundays here.

Flights to Airlie Beach:

If you are already in Australia then go to our page Cheap Domestic Flights in Australia for a good choice in cheap domestic airfares to Airlie Beach, the nearest airport is Proserpine.

If you are still in your home country then you will need to get an international flight.

No international airlines will fly straight in to Airlie Beach (Proserpine) so you are best off to visit the Cheapo Air website to compare the cheapest airfares!

Feel more comfortable to book your airfares to Airlie Beach online with a travel business from your own country that you know and trust?

Then choose your home country here:

How to get to and around Airlie Beach

There is a wide choice of car rental companies where you can book your car or campervan online to be assured of a car on your arrival in Airlie Beach, and most offer one way rentals between major cities. Nothing beats the freedom of having your own car to explore and stop when and where you want.

Budget Car Hire needs little introduction, the name says it all: car hire at Budget Prices with a car hire company with an international reputation, and this sites makes it even easier to find yourself a cheap hire car, or anything else with wheels: trucks,buses, campervans, utes, four wheel drives etc.

Thrifty Car Rental is another international car hire business with a reputation for cheap rental cars.

Other transport

Greyhound run services along the Queensland coast with many services stopping at Airlie Beach, you can also get there by train but need to plan ahead as they are often full.

About the Whitsundays - Accommodation - Tours and what to do - Transport and car hire - Photos - Map