Passengers
2,249,789
12 months to Jun 2026
Australia and Kuala Lumpur
6 city pairs with recent passenger traffic · 1 in the lost-route record · 1 with no post-2003 passenger record · data from Jan 1985
Inbound
1,146,541
arriving in Australia
Outbound
1,103,248
leaving Australia
Australian ports
8
represented in this record
Traffic: 12 months to Jun 2026
Passengers over time
To Jun 2026
International history milestones
Passenger milestones use complete calendar years only; a missing month stays missing and the partial current year cannot set the historical peak. Current breadth uses the global passenger window 2025-07 to 2026-06. Recorded Australian ports describe passenger records, not necessarily nonstop current services.
First positive record
Jan 1985
first month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
2014
2,877,474 passengers
Latest complete year
2025
1,978,247 passengers
Australian ports in latest 12 months
6
positive in global latest 12 months; not necessarily nonstop
Peak port breadth
7
complete years: 1993–2002, 2013–2015, 2017
Part of Malaysia.
Recent passenger traffic
Positive passenger traffic appears within the latest year of the published BITRE series. This is record recency, not real-time operating status.
| Route | Passengers, 12 months |
|---|---|
| Melbourne ↔ Kuala Lumpur | 697,340 |
| Perth ↔ Kuala Lumpur | 646,762 |
| Sydney ↔ Kuala Lumpur | 636,576 |
| Adelaide ↔ Kuala Lumpur | 164,572 |
| Brisbane ↔ Kuala Lumpur | 79,273 |
| Darwin ↔ Kuala Lumpur | 25,927 |
Routes Australia has lost
No passenger traffic recorded in the comparable published series for over a year. See the lost-route record for the full methodology.
No post-2003 passenger record
These retained city pairs have no positive passenger record in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Some have freight or mail records, and some appear only in the earlier passenger series.