Passenger traffic last recorded
Dec 2016
no passengers recorded in later published months
Melbourne to New York
USA · 423 months of data from Jan 1985
Flights between Melbourne and New York 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
35
Jan 1985 – Jun 2026
Busiest month
1,922
Jan 2001
Traffic: to Jun 2026
Passenger traffic between Melbourne and New York was last recorded in Dec 2016, after 20,379 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 1,922 passengers in a single month, in Jan 2001.
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
2000
15,397 passengers
Latest complete year
2007
4,158 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to New York.
Passengers, 1985 to 2026
Not enough data to chart.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
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.
To Jun 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.
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.
Load factor: seats data from 2009
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.
To Jun 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 1,922 · Jan 2001 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – Jun 2026 (423 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Jun 2026 | 304 tonnes |
| Destination region | USA |
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.