Melbourne Airport (MEL) has reached a new recovery peak, transporting just over 30 million passengers across the 12 months to June 2023 and exceeding 90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels that month against June 2019 numbers for the first time.
Of the 30-plus million people who passed through Melbourne Airport’s four terminals in FY23, more than 22.5 million were domestic passengers and almost 8.3 million were international travellers.
It represents 82 per cent of the 37.4 million passengers MEL processed in FY19.
School holidays helped set a new post-pandemic high for international travel with 825,480 passengers in June 2023 – 91 per cent of the June 2019 numbers.
Monthly passenger and cargo flight movements also set a new precedent in June 2023, surpassing the June 2019 figure for the first time with 19,038.
International travel hits a new high
Melbourne Airport CEO Lorie Argus said the recovery of international travel was particularly pleasing.
“We have worked very hard alongside the Victorian State Government to ensure Melbourne is front of mind for airlines as they return aircraft to service and add new planes to their fleet,” she said.
“Airlines such as United Airlines, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines are now flying more seats into Melbourne than they were before the pandemic.
“Capacity to key markets such as India and Vietnam is much higher than in 2019, which means more options for passengers and local exporters.
“Melbourne Airport continues to plan for infrastructure, such as our third runway, to ensure we have room to enable further growth and keep Victorians moving.”
Melbourne Airport recently opened a new direct Tullamarine Freeway link to Terminal 4.
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