CHINA MELBOURNE’S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR THIRD YEAR

MELBOURNE - Melbourne airport handled 37,000 international passengers from China for the month of May, up 17.0% (5,000 passengers)from May 2012, continuing a trend that has seen the China-Melbourne market grow by more than 10% for the year ending March 2013, to reach 685,000 passengers. Over three years the Melbourne-China market has grown 66%. For the year ending March 2013, China was Melbourne's largest long-haul international market for the third consecutive year, ahead of the  traditional US and UK markets, and other Asian growth markets.