Australian Flight Data

Bandar Seri Begawan to Melbourne

Brunei · 187 months of data from Jan 1985 · Melbourne to Bandar Seri Begawan

Passengers
41,864
Bandar Seri Begawan to Melbourne, 12 months to May 2026
Both directions
82,138
including Melbourne to Bandar Seri Begawan
Flight time
6h 55m
15m shorter than the return
Load factor
64%
seats filled on this leg

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

41,864 passengers flew Bandar Seri Begawan to Melbourne in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 82,138 on the route in both directions. Flights run about 64% full, much the same in both directions.

The route

Melbourne Bandar Seri Begawan

Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Bandar Seri Begawan.

How long is the flight?

Scheduled flight time from Bandar Seri Begawan to Melbourne is 6h 55m gate to gate, over 5,644 km. Coming back takes 7h 10m — a difference of 15m, so this direction is the quicker one.

Scheduled block time — gate to gate, not time in the air — taken from the current timetable for this leg. Long-haul flights are often timetabled differently in each direction because of winds aloft, so the return is not always the same length. Check your own booking for the flight you are taking.

Flight numbers on this route

1 flight number currently scheduled from Bandar Seri Begawan to Melbourne. These are the numbers you book under.

Not a daily service — this week it is scheduled on Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun (5 departures).

Royal Brunei · 1 · Boeing 787-8

BI5

Current timetable as at 2026-09-06

Timetables change, and these carry no punctuality figures of their own — no on-time data is published for international flights at all. The passenger and load factor figures above cover the route, not any single flight number.

Passengers, 1985 to 2026

04,4098,818 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
04,4098,818Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
06,91213,824Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 May 2016May 2021May 2026
07,53915,077Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jan 1985Aug 2018May 2026

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How full were the flights?

Inbound load factor, read as a floor rather than an exact figure. Some flights on this pair also carried passengers to and from other cities, and their seats cannot be split between those journeys. Dividing by every seat on every aircraft that touched the route gives the lowest the true figure can be, so actual occupancy is at or above the line. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.

38%63%89% May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
1%47%93% May 2021Dec 2023May 2026
0%47%93% May 2016Apr 2021May 2026
0%48%95% Mar 2011Sep 2018May 2026

Load factor: seats data from 2009

When is this route busiest?

Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.

J: 1.17× the annual average J F: 0.92× the annual average F M: 0.72× the annual average M A: 0.88× the annual average A M: 0.76× the annual average M J: 1.00× the annual average J J: 1.23× the annual average J A: 1.06× the annual average A S: 1.11× the annual average S O: 1.02× the annual average O N: 0.88× the annual average N D: 1.25× the annual average D

Freight

Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.

0195390 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
0208417 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
0345690 May 2016May 2021May 2026
0346692 Jan 1985Aug 2018May 2026

To May 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record15,077 · Jan 2014
Data coverageJan 1985 – May 2026 (187 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 20263,389 tonnes
Destination regionBrunei

No punctuality data is published for international services, so there are no cancellation or on-time figures on this page. That series covers domestic routes only.

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