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Darwin is normally well serviced by all forms of transport and is looking to improve with Darwin set to welcome Virgin Blue into the skies by as early as August 2002 with cheaper daily domestic flights to all Australian Capital cities.

Darwin is also home to local airlines such as Air North and National Jet that also fly interstate, to remote communities, and also to the islands that dot the NT`s coastline.

Qantas operates both domestic and international services and currently, Garuda Indonesia, Air North and Royal Brunei airlines operate international flights from Darwin.

Domestic flights play a key role in transporting passengers to the Top End and the different remote communities. At present, Air North, National Jet Systems and Qantas fly from and to Darwin International Airport.

Not only do the airlines carry passengers they also carry freight and fresh produce to and from the territory.

The financial year 2000/01 saw Darwin International Airport handle over 1.2 million passengers (900,000 domestic and 300,156 international).

Road transport also plays a major role within the Territory with freight often connecting by rail at Alice Springs. Also the the different freight companies head to different destinations in all states delivering freight and supplies to different locations along the way.
Interstate bus services operate to all State capital cities.Increasingly bus companies also deliver small freight along their route as well.

Darwin is connected to all southern capitals by all-weather roads but you have to be careful planning a trip down the track anywhere during the wet season as some roads flood in different places within the Territory and the other connecting states. A call to the Police station or tourist bureau will help you plan around this.

The Stuart Highway links Darwin with Alice Springs, 1,490km to the south then on to South Australia`s Adelaide. The Barkly Highway ( running east through Mount Isa and Camoweal, QLD ) joins the Stuart Highway near Tennant Creek, and the Victoria Highway which runs down the Western Australia`s coast to Perth, joins the Stuart Highway near Katherine.

Rail transport will soon be a reality in Darwin, with work being started clearing the way for the new Darwin to Alice railway line. Once the rail is complete it will connect with the existing Alice to Adelaide railway line and will make Darwin a major transit point for trade between Australia's southern cities and to the South Eastern Asian markets, and give travellers another mode of travel.

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