Australia’s busiest international air route city pairs have been revealed with Melbourne -Singapore surprising analysts to sit at number one, with more than 1.776 million passengers flying that route each year.

Singapore features in all top three positions, with Sydney -Singapore (1.705m) and Perth -Singapore (1.455m) coming second and third respectively.

Perhaps another surprise was Perth-Denpasar (1.110m) sitting so high in fifth, boosted in part by a larger number of low-cost international airlines flying to Perth compared to other major cities.

Brisbane — hit hardest by Virgin’s departure from long haul international flying in 2020 — doesn’t feature until 8th spot, where Brisbane-Singapore (946,306) sits ahead of Brisbane-Auckland (928,353) and Sydney-Hong Kong (922,351).

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