Melbourne Airport

Melbourne Airport’s Commitment to Quality Airport Service 

Formerly the Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne Airport is a primary aviation facility that is servicing the city of Melbourne, Australia. It ranks 2^nd in terms of the business like aviation and passenger traffic. Melbourne Airport can be found adjacent to Tullamarine suburb. It started its operation in 1970 replacing the Essendon Airport which was also near its location. There are actually four airports in Melbourne but Melbourne Airport is the only international airport amongst it. 

Traveling A Very Significant Air Route 

Melbourne Airport serves the 4^th most-traveled route of the world – the Melbourne-Sydney aerial route. This air route is also the 2^nd busiest passenger route in Asia-Pacific. So, you can now imagine the significance of this aviation facility not only in Australia but globally. Adding to the fact the Melbourne is the most common point of entry for visitors wanting to visit the seven major capital cities of Australia. 

Major Airline Operators 

Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways Australia already established headquarters and considers this great airport as each of these airlines its home base. Other airlines such as Qantas and Virgin Blue also have regular operations in Melbourne Airport together with Air New Zealand, Pacific Blue. In 2008 a number of foreign airlines entered and introduced a number of flights like Norfolk Air, Cathay Pacific, Air China, Malaysia Airlines, Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Skywest among others. 

Awards, Recognitions and Accreditation Proved Quality Service 

Just like other major international airports like Sydney Airport, Melbourne Airport also received an International Air Transport Associating Eagle Award in 2003 for its very good service. Melbourne Airport is also a two-time National Tourism Award recipient for quality tourism services. These recognitions were also confirmed by Skytrax, a consultancy company for airlines, as it classified Melbourne Airport as a 4-star airport. Finally, in the year 2004 Melbourne Airport became ISO 14001 compliant. ISO 14001 is an international standard for environmental management systems. Receiving it made Melbourne Airport the very first airport to become accredited to ISO 14001. 

Proofs of Excellence 

Aside the aforementioned awards and recognitions, Melbourne Airport had also won several state and nation tourism awards. To add to these, Melbourne Airport was presented with a Service Partner Award but Singapore Airlines in 2002 as well as a Premier Business Partner Award in 2004. To top it, not only in terms of service that this great airport was recognized, in 2006 was a recipient of the Australian Construction Achievement Award in recognition for its excellent runway widening project which was considered an outstanding epitome of construction excellence. 

Indeed, Melbourne Airport had shown commitment to passenger satisfaction as well as airline partners. Aside from providing excellent services and state of the art airport facilities it also continuously strives to better its best. To prove these commitments are the many plans for expansions of its runway to cater to more flights to and from the area as well as its accreditation to internationally recognized standards ISO 14001. A proof that it is not only operating just to earn revenue but it is there primarily for services, quality service.