Post-2003 passenger record
None
no positive passenger traffic in the comparable series
Adelaide to Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates · 39 months of data from Apr 1985
No positive passenger traffic is recorded for this city pair in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Earlier passenger figures used a different method: a pairing could appear even when passengers changed flights along the way, so those records do not by themselves prove that Adelaide–Abu Dhabi was a bookable service in its own right.
Years of data
3
Apr 1985 – Oct 1989
Busiest month
19
Jul 1988
Traffic: to Jun 2026
No positive passenger traffic is recorded between Adelaide and Abu Dhabi in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Across roughly 3 years of available records, the highest monthly passenger figure was 19, in Jul 1988.
Passenger history milestones
Recorded milestones use this city-pair passenger series, with both directions combined. A first positive record is not a service-launch date; complete calendar years require all twelve observed, non-null months.
First positive passenger record
Apr 1985
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Latest complete year · also peak
1988
106 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Adelaide; the ring marks the distance to Abu Dhabi.
Passengers, 1985 to 1989
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Oct 1989 · Marks show industry events
When is this route busiest?
Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Oct 1989
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 19 · Jul 1988 |
| Data coverage | Apr 1985 – Oct 1989 (39 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Oct 1989 | 279 tonnes |
| Destination region | United Arab Emirates |
No punctuality data is published for international services, so there are no cancellation or on-time figures on this page. That series covers domestic routes only.