Australian Flight Data

Melbourne to Palmerston

New Zealand · 82 months of data from Dec 1999

Passenger traffic last recorded
Mar 2007
no passengers recorded in later published months
Years of data
7
Dec 1999 – Mar 2007
Busiest month
2,648
Jan 2004

Traffic: to May 2026

Passenger traffic between Melbourne and Palmerston was last recorded in Mar 2007, after 69,451 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 2,648 passengers in a single month, in Jan 2004.

The route

Melbourne Palmerston

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

Passengers, 1999 to 2007

01,1492,297 Mar 2006Dec 2006Mar 2007
01,3242,648Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Mar 2002Jun 2004Mar 2007
01,3242,648Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Dec 1999May 2003Mar 2007

To Mar 2007 · Marks show industry events

How full were the flights?

Inbound load factor. Every flight on this pair served no other city pair, so the seat count is unambiguous and these figures are exact. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.

63%78%92% Mar 2006Dec 2006Mar 2007
60%76%93% Sep 2003Dec 2005Mar 2007

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.

J: 1.59× the annual average J F: 1.01× the annual average F M: 1.04× the annual average M A: 1.28× the annual average A M: 0.80× the annual average M J: 0.65× the annual average J J: 0.85× the annual average J A: 0.70× the annual average A S: 0.85× the annual average S O: 0.81× the annual average O N: 1.02× the annual average N D: 1.40× the annual average D

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record2,648 · Jan 2004
Data coverageDec 1999 – Mar 2007 (82 months)
Destination regionNew Zealand

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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From Melbourne

To Palmerston

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