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Covering an area of nearly three million square miles, Australia is a vast country, almost the size of continental USA. With a population of over 22 million it is, however, very sparsely populated.
The majority of the population live in and around the main cities, the majority of which are clustered along the coast, especially to the south east corner. The great distances involved between the main areas of population means than the most popular method of transport by far in Australia to get from city to city is the plane.
Therefore, there are a huge choice of flights from Australia to , offered by a number of operators. The flights are also often much more competitively priced, due to the sheer number of operators offering flights that run between every major Australian city every day. They therefore prove to be a much more convenient and cost effective modes of transport in the huge country, especially when compared to rail or road travel.
As an example, to drive the two and a half thousand miles from Canberra, the capital city situated to the east of the country, to Perth, to the extreme west, would take around 43 hours at best. In contrast, a direct flight between these cities would take around five hours.
It is therefore little wonder that so many Australians commute by plane, allowing them to arrive at their destination relatively alert and stress free.
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