Passenger traffic last recorded
Nov 2006
no passengers recorded in later published months
Melbourne to Frankfurt
Germany · 291 months of data from Jan 1985
Flights between Melbourne and Frankfurt carry one flight number the whole way but stop somewhere en route — no aircraft has been recorded flying the pair without an intermediate stop. It is a single bookable service, not a connection.
Years of data
24
Jan 1985 – Mar 2009
Busiest month
4,774
Jan 1989
Traffic: to Jun 2026
Passenger traffic between Melbourne and Frankfurt was last recorded in Nov 2006, after 13 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 4,774 passengers in a single month, in Jan 1989.
Passenger history milestones
Recorded milestones use this city-pair passenger series, with both directions combined. A first positive record is not a service-launch date; complete calendar years require all twelve observed, non-null months.
First positive passenger record
Jan 1985
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
1993
41,132 passengers
Latest complete year
2002
22,764 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Frankfurt.
Passengers, 1985 to 2009
Not enough data to chart.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Mar 2009 · Marks show industry events
When is this route busiest?
Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
To Mar 2009
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 4,774 · Jan 1989 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – Mar 2009 (291 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Mar 2009 | 53 tonnes |
| Destination region | Germany |
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.