Australian Flight Data

Melbourne to Port Vila

Vanuatu · 269 months of data from Jan 1985

Passenger traffic last recorded
May 2024
no passengers recorded in later published months
Years of data
22
Jan 1985 – Sep 2024
Busiest month
3,270
Jul 2019

Traffic: to May 2026

Passenger traffic between Melbourne and Port Vila was last recorded in May 2024, after 93,747 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 3,270 passengers in a single month, in Jul 2019.

The route

Melbourne Port Vila

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

Passengers, 1985 to 2024

0466932Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Sep 2023Feb 2024Sep 2024
01,5523,104Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Sep 2019Mar 2023Sep 2024
01,6353,270Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Sep 2014Nov 2022Sep 2024
01,6353,270The 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 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Jan 1985Apr 2000Sep 2024

To Sep 2024 · 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.

43%66%89% May 2023Nov 2023May 2024
33%61%89% Jun 2019Feb 2023May 2024
16%57%99% Sep 2004Jan 2013May 2024

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: 0.78× the annual average J F: 0.57× the annual average F M: 0.72× the annual average M A: 0.44× the annual average A M: 0.49× the annual average M J: 0.92× the annual average J J: 1.37× the annual average J A: 1.49× the annual average A S: 1.44× the annual average S O: 1.26× the annual average O N: 1.30× the annual average N D: 1.21× the annual average D

Freight

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

012 Sep 2023Feb 2024Sep 2024
036 Sep 2019Mar 2023Sep 2024
036 Sep 2014Nov 2022Sep 2024
01019 Jan 1985Apr 2000Sep 2024

To Sep 2024

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record3,270 · Jul 2019
Data coverageJan 1985 – Sep 2024 (269 months)
Freight, 12 months to Sep 20246 tonnes
Destination regionVanuatu

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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