Passengers
32,730
Melbourne to Istanbul, 12 months to May 2026
Melbourne to Istanbul
Turkey · 28 months of data from May 2010 · Istanbul to Melbourne
Flights between Melbourne and Istanbul 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.
Both directions
65,162
including Istanbul to Melbourne
At least
66%
full on this leg — a conservative floor
Traffic: 12 months to May 2026
32,730 passengers flew Melbourne to Istanbul in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 65,162 on the route in both directions.
The route
Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Istanbul.
Passengers, 2010 to 2026
To May 2026 · Marks show industry events
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.
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.
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
To May 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 6,788 · Jul 2025 |
| Data coverage | May 2010 – May 2026 (28 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to May 2026 | 2,577 tonnes |
| Destination region | Turkey |
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.