Air Charter Melbourne: Cargo, Group and Medevac Flights

Melbourne is one of Australia's busiest aviation hubs and a natural launch point for air charter across the country and the wider Asia-Pacific. Aviall arranges cargo charter, group passenger charter and medevac flights out of Melbourne Tullamarine (MEL/YMML), Essendon Fields (MEB/YMEN) and Avalon (AVV/YMAV), sized to the mission, not to a fixed fleet.

From a single mining executive needing a same-day rotation to the Pilbara, to a 60-tonne project move into Papua New Guinea, to a paediatric ICU transfer onto Royal Children's, the Melbourne ops desk runs every mission to the same standard: aircraft options inside the hour, written quote with a wheels-up window, and a single point of accountability from booking to landing.

Aircraft selection drives airport selection. The bigger the aircraft, the more Tullamarine becomes the only option; the smaller and the more time-sensitive the mission, the more Essendon earns its place.

• Tullamarine (MEL/YMML), primary international gateway, full widebody and freighter capability including 747F, 777F, A330F and outsize AN-124 / IL-76 movements with prior coordination
• Essendon Fields (MEB/YMEN), inner-city airport ideal for executive jets, regional turboprops, medevac transfers and small group charter; closer to the Melbourne CBD than Tullamarine
• Avalon (AVV/YMAV), long runway, lower congestion, used for select cargo and group movements when slot pressure at Tullamarine is high
• Moorabbin (MBW/YMMB), light aircraft, training, occasional small medevac repositioning

Melbourne charter demand follows the Victorian economy and the city's role as a sporting, medical and cultural capital. The most common Melbourne missions are:

• AFL, A-League and international sporting team movements between Melbourne and interstate or trans-Tasman venues
• Corporate and incentive group charter for large Melbourne-headquartered employers in finance, mining services and professional services
• Inbound and outbound medevac onto The Alfred, Royal Melbourne and Royal Children's tertiary referral centres
• Automotive, defence and advanced-manufacturing project cargo into and out of Victorian industrial corridors
• Time-critical pharmaceutical and biomedical shipments from Parkville biotech precinct
• AOG and aerospace component recovery for operators based at Tullamarine and Avalon

For freight, Tullamarine is the operational anchor. Aviall sources the right freighter against the shipment, regional 737F for short-haul into Tasmania or eastern seaboard, A330F or 777F for intercontinental general cargo, 747F nose-loader for long pieces, and AN-124 or IL-76 for genuine outsize project moves into mining, energy and defence sites across the region.

For dangerous goods, oversize, temperature-controlled and high-value cargo, the full mission is run door-to-door including ground handling, customs, permits and inland transport. See our full <a href="/cargo-charter">cargo charter service</a> and the <a href="/heavy-lift-cargo-charter">heavy-lift cargo charter</a> page for outsize capability.

Group charter from Melbourne typically uses Essendon for smaller groups (10-50 pax on regional jets and turboprops) and Tullamarine for narrowbody and widebody movements (50-350 pax). Sports teams, corporate incentives, FIFO rotations and event movements are the bulk of the demand. See <a href="/group-charter-flights">group charter flights</a> for the full process, fleet and pricing framework.

Melbourne hosts some of Australia's strongest tertiary hospitals, which makes it both a destination and an origin for medical transfers. Aviall coordinates fixed-wing medevac onto and out of Essendon and Tullamarine, with ICU-grade clinical teams, bed-to-bed handover and direct apron access at receiving hospitals where coordinated. See the <a href="/air-ambulance-medevac">air ambulance and medevac</a> service for clinical capability and aircraft.

Use the pages below to plan multi-airport, multi-modal or multi-city missions originating in or routing through Melbourne.

• Cargo Charter Melbourne: melbourne freighter and project cargo
• Air Charter Australia, national passenger and group charter coverage
• Cargo Charter Australia, national freighter coverage
• Air Charter Avalon Airport, long-runway alternative for cargo and outsize
• Air Charter Essendon Airport, inner-Melbourne executive jet and medevac