Australian Flight Data

Melbourne to New York

USA · 422 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.

Passenger traffic last recorded
Dec 2016
no passengers recorded in later published months
Years of data
35
Jan 1985 – May 2026
Busiest month
1,922
Jan 2001

Traffic: to May 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.

The route

Melbourne New York

Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to New York.

Passengers, 1985 to 2026

Not enough data to chart.

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02958Tigerair 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 Jun 2016Nov 2021May 2026
09611,922Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic 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 1985Dec 2005May 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.

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1%8%16% Dec 2003Mar 2007Dec 2016

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.

02245 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
05099 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
052104 Jun 2016Nov 2021May 2026
0189378 Jan 1985Dec 2005May 2026

To May 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record1,922 · Jan 2001
Data coverageJan 1985 – May 2026 (422 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 2026293 tonnes
Destination regionUSA

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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