Car Hire Townsville Airport

Book car hire Townsville Airport, whether you are going to this city on business or for a holiday. We have executive vehicles at Townville airport (airport code (TSV) as well as people carriers and the latest SUVs. Our cars can carry up to 12 passengers and when you make your advance booking there are also luggage racks available for your baggage. There is no better way to see Australia comfortably.

We have a wide range of car hire Australia and the ability to pick up vehicles at Townsville Airport as soon as you clear customs is very convenient. This is a major regional airport which is also known locally as Garbutt airport. That is because the airport is located in Garbutt, which is a suburb of Townsville. More than one and a half million passengers use it on an annual basis to go to places within this huge continent including Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

The main airlines to use Townsville Airport are Qantas Link, Jetstar Airways and Virgin Blue. It is therefore possible to find low cost flights in conjunction with our great car rental Townsville Airport deals. In fact this is one of the fifteen busiest airports in the entire country and it serves some lesser known destinations such as Cloncurry and Rockhampton making it the 11th busiest airport in Australia. The airport is also used for work purposes with a number of charter services going to mines nearby - Cannington Mine, Century Mine and Phosphate Hill Mine.

Townsville Airport serves as a focus city in the north of Austrlia for local carrier Virgin Blue. Although Townsville Airport has the title of an international airport, it no longer serves this function. International destinations were originally served during the 1980s but these routes gradually died off. Today one route has been restarted to Denpasar airport in Bali and this is run by Strategic Airlines. There is still a customs strategy in place at the airport to deal with international arrivals.

Car hire Townsville Airport is the best way to make the short five kilometre drive to the central business district of Townsville. This is a civilian airport but it also partly houses the RAAF Townsville base where the Australian Defence Force stage operations. That includes coordinating relief efforts for the victims of cyclone disasters. Choose to hire a car here and make your trip that much easier.