Melbourne Airport has seen a rising connectivity with many new airlines serving the airport
January 2025 was the busiest month in Melbourne Airport’s history, with a record 3.39 million passengers passing through its terminals, surpassing the previous record of 3.32 million passengers set in December 2019.
In a press statement, the airport, which is the main airport of Victoria, a state in southern Australia, says that it also set a new monthly record for international travellers, with 1.24 million international passengers passing through its international terminal, including a record 671,135 arrivals.
The statement adds that the previous record for international travel at Melbourne Airport was set only a month earlier in December 2024, with 1.15 million passengers, as seat capacity reached an all-time high.
According to the airport, the January 2025 record number of international passengers was up 14 pc on the previous year, while domestic traffic was up 5 pc.
The statement adds that January also included the busiest day in more than five years, with 122,751 people travelling through the airport on January 24, ahead of the Australia Day long weekend and the finals of Australian Open, a tennis grand slam event.
The airport operator says that with foreign carriers accounting for 72 pc of international capacity into Victoria, Melbourne Airport has worked closely with the state government and airlines to restore flights and encourage new services.
Lorie Argus
In the past 12 months, airlines including Turkish Airlines, Vietjet, Cebu Pacific, China Southern and China Airlines have added extra capacity into Melbourne, with Delta Air Lines, a leading airline of the United States, and Virgin Australia due to launch flights to Los Angeles and Doha respectively in December.
“It is incredible to think that in just three years we have rebuilt international capacity from close to nothing, to the point where we are setting new records. The challenge for us now is to deliver the infrastructure we need to cater for this ongoing growth. That is why we are building a new baggage system, a new road system and a new runway, as well as working with the airlines to expand the international terminal to give them the capacity they need to grow,” says Lorie Argus, CEO, Melbourne Airport.
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