‘Victorians want to travel’: International passenger numbers soar at Melbourne Airport

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‘Victorians want to travel’: International passenger numbers soar at Melbourne Airport
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International travel is soaring at Melbourne Airport but demand for domestic flights has been more subdued amid 'reduced capacity and subsequent higher airfares'.

Melbourne Airport has recorded a 28 per cent rise in international travellers but just a five per cent increase in domestic passengers as travel within Australia was constrained amid"higher airfares".International travel is soaring at Melbourne Airport but demand for domestic flights has been more subdued amid"reduced capacity and subsequent higher airfares".

In contrast, domestic passenger numbers were only up five per cent on March 2023, growing to 2,093,882 travellers. "While domestic travel remains constrained by reduced capacity and subsequent higher airfares, it's unlikely we'll see a full recovery in the local market in the near future. March also saw the long-awaited arrival of Turkish Airlines in Australia, with the carrier launching Melbourne-Singapore-Istanbul services, boosting international flight options out of the Victorian capital.

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