Post-2003 passenger record
None
no positive passenger traffic in the comparable series
Melbourne to Tongatapu
Tonga · 35 months of data from Feb 1998
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–Tongatapu was a bookable service in its own right.
Years of data
3
Feb 1998 – Mar 2001
Busiest month
484
Jan 2001
Traffic: to Jun 2026
No positive passenger traffic is recorded between Melbourne and Tongatapu in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Across roughly 3 years of available records, the highest monthly passenger figure was 484, in Jan 2001.
Passenger history milestones
Recorded milestones use this city-pair passenger series, with both directions combined. A first positive record is not a service-launch date; complete calendar years require all twelve observed, non-null months.
First positive passenger record
Feb 1998
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Latest complete year · also peak
1999
726 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Melbourne; the ring marks the distance to Tongatapu.
Passengers, 1998 to 2001
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Mar 2001 · Marks show industry events
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.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Mar 2001
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 484 · Jan 2001 |
| Data coverage | Feb 1998 – Mar 2001 (35 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Mar 2001 | 12 tonnes |
| Destination region | Tonga |
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.