Passengers
15,156
Melbourne to Shenzhen, 12 months to May 2026
Melbourne to Shenzhen
China · 63 months of data from Oct 2015 · Shenzhen to Melbourne
Both directions
30,997
including Shenzhen to Melbourne
Flight time
9h 45m
20m shorter than the return
Load factor
84%
seats filled on this leg
Traffic: 12 months to May 2026
15,156 passengers flew Melbourne to Shenzhen in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 30,997 on the route in both directions. Flights run about 84% full, much the same in both directions.
The route
Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Shenzhen.
How long is the flight?
Scheduled flight time from Melbourne to Shenzhen is 9h 45m gate to gate, over 7,425 km. Coming back takes 10h 5m — a difference of 20m, so this direction is the quicker one.
Scheduled block time — gate to gate, not time in the air — taken from the current timetable for this leg. Long-haul flights are often timetabled differently in each direction because of winds aloft, so the return is not always the same length. Check your own booking for the flight you are taking.
Flight numbers on this route
1 flight number currently scheduled from Melbourne to Shenzhen. These are the numbers you book under.
Not a daily service — this week it is scheduled on Fri and Sun (2 departures).
Shenzhen · 1 · Airbus A330
ZH812
Current timetable as at 2026-09-06
Timetables change, and these carry no punctuality figures of their own — no on-time data is published for international flights at all. The passenger and load factor figures above cover the route, not any single flight number.
Passengers, 2015 to 2026
To May 2026 · 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.
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.
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
To May 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 7,444 · Jul 2017 |
| Data coverage | Oct 2015 – May 2026 (63 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to May 2026 | 683 tonnes |
| Destination region | China |
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.