Australian Flight Data

Melbourne to Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea · 165 months of data from Mar 1987

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–Port Moresby was a bookable service in its own right.

Post-2003 passenger record
None
no positive passenger traffic in the comparable series
Years of data
14
Mar 1987 – Aug 2002
Busiest month
88
Jan 1993

Traffic: to May 2026

No positive passenger traffic is recorded between Melbourne and Port Moresby in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Across roughly 14 years of available records, the highest monthly passenger figure was 88, in Jan 1993.

The route

Melbourne Port Moresby

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

Passengers, 1987 to 2002

01733Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Aug 2001Apr 2002Aug 2002
01733Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Aug 1997Jan 2000Aug 2002
04488Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Aug 1992Aug 1997Aug 2002
04488The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Mar 1987Jul 1995Aug 2002

To Aug 2002 · Marks show industry events

When is this route busiest?

Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.

J: 1.19× the annual average J F: 0.60× the annual average F M: 1.33× the annual average M A: 0.85× the annual average A M: 0.95× the annual average M J: 0.67× the annual average J J: 1.12× the annual average J A: 1.09× the annual average A S: 1.30× the annual average S O: 0.76× the annual average O N: 1.18× the annual average N D: 0.94× the annual average D

Freight

Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.

024 Aug 2001Apr 2002Aug 2002
0611 Aug 1997Jan 2000Aug 2002
0611 Aug 1992Aug 1997Aug 2002
0611 Mar 1987Jul 1995Aug 2002

To Aug 2002

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record88 · Jan 1993
Data coverageMar 1987 – Aug 2002 (165 months)
Freight, 12 months to Aug 200216 tonnes
Destination regionPapua New Guinea

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.

Related routes

From Melbourne

To Port Moresby

Airport data