Car parks are busy

ALL car parks are very busy over the Easter period, with limited drive-up spots available. Please consider alternative transport options. Please have your QR code ready for a smooth entry and exit. Our roads and car parks may have changed since your last visit. Due to ongoing construction in the T123 car park pick-up and drop-off areas, passengers should plan for potential delays of up to an hour during peak times. Learn about the Naarm Way Stage 2 project to plan ahead: https://www.melbourneairport.com.au/plan-ahead. To avoid congestion, we recommend using the equivalent pick-up and drop-off facilities at nearby Terminal 4 car park, just a short 10-minute walk from Terminals 1, 2, and 3. Simply drive to the Terminal 4 Car Park and proceed to Level 2 for drop-offs or Level 1 for pick-ups. Thank you for your patience.

Total passenger numbers at Melbourne Airport for January 2021 were just over 649,000, an 80 per cent drop on January last year.
 
Small COVID clusters and the resulting restrictions in New South Wales and Victoria impacted domestic travel, as did the five-day lockdown in Western Australia. 
 
Last month the Victorian government announced a new travel permit system to help stop the spread of the virus.

Now every Australian must apply to enter the state, and access is granted based on a traffic light system, which reviews the risk in a particular area.
 
Pleasingly, Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout is scheduled to commence at the end of February, taking us one step closer to normality.
 
Melbourne Airport CEO Lyell Strambi said managing inevitable outbreaks and building traveller confidence was key in 2021.
 
“Even with the vaccine commencing in February, we expect that there will continue to be small outbreaks across the country. State Governments have built robust tracking and tracing capacity, and we need to have the confidence that outbreaks can be managed quickly and effectively,” said Mr Strambi.
 
“Unfortunately the ongoing approach of snap lockdowns and border closures continue to wreak havoc on traveller confidence. What we know is that domestically people are more nervous about quarantine or being stuck interstate than they are of the pandemic itself. The current conditions make it very difficult to forward plan holidays and trips to see family and friends.
 
“Australia is in a much better position than most other parts of the world and we know there’s pent-up demand to fly around our nation.
 
“With vaccines starting to roll out in the coming months, it is time to start having a different conversation about how we manage borders as a nation. We support the National Cabinet initiative to reconsider how they assess outbreak risk, and the policy responses governments then take given the low levels of infection, the maturity of our contact tracing and testing systems and the vaccinations of front line workers and vulnerable populations.
 
Passenger figures for January 2021:           

PassengersJanuary 2021January 2020Growth (%)*
International17,7141,101,886-98.4%
Domestic631,4812,191,074-71.2%
Total (ex transits)649,1953,292,960-80.3%
Passengers
International17,714
Domestic631,481
Total (ex transits)649,195

*Monthly percentage growth compared to January 2020

Passenger figures for Financial Year to January 2020/21

PassengersFinancial Year 2020/21 (‘000)Financial Year 2019/20 (‘000)Growth (%)*
International101,8696,940,724-98.5%
Domestic1,613,63615,661,584-89.7%
Total (ex transits)1,715,50522,602,308-92.4%
Passengers
International101,869
Domestic1,613,636
Total (ex transits)1,715,505

*percentage growth compared to FY 2019/20