Post-2003 passenger record
None
no positive passenger traffic in the comparable series
Melbourne to Fukuoka
Japan · 94 months of data from Nov 1989
No positive passenger traffic is recorded for this city pair in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Earlier passenger figures used a different method: a pairing could appear even when passengers changed flights along the way, so those records do not by themselves prove that Melbourne–Fukuoka was a bookable service in its own right.
Years of data
8
Nov 1989 – Sep 2001
Busiest month
909
Oct 1999
Traffic: to Jun 2026
No positive passenger traffic is recorded between Melbourne and Fukuoka in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Across roughly 8 years of available records, the highest monthly passenger figure was 909, in Oct 1999.
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
Nov 1989
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Latest complete year · also peak
1998
2,083 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Fukuoka.
Passengers, 1989 to 2001
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 Sep 2001 · 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.
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 Sep 2001
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 909 · Oct 1999 |
| Data coverage | Nov 1989 – Sep 2001 (94 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Sep 2001 | 18 tonnes |
| Destination region | Japan |
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.