Australian Flight Data

Paris to Sydney

France · 283 months of data from Jan 1985 · Sydney to Paris

Flights between Sydney and Paris carry one flight number the whole way but stop somewhere en route — no aircraft has been recorded flying the pair without an intermediate stop. It is a single bookable service, not a connection.

Passengers
10,212
Paris to Sydney, 12 months to Jun 2026
Both directions
20,927
including Sydney to Paris
At least
26%
full on this leg — a conservative floor

Traffic: 12 months to Jun 2026

10,212 passengers flew Paris to Sydney in the 12 months to Jun 2026, out of 20,927 on the route in both directions. This route has been reported for 24 years.

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
Jan 1985
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
1999
39,863 passengers
Latest complete year
2025
15,576 passengers

The route

Sydney Paris

Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Paris.

Passengers, 1985 to 2026

02,1964,392 Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026
02,1964,392Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jul 2024Jul 2025Jun 2026
02,1964,392Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jul 2024Jul 2025Jun 2026
02,1964,392The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 Omicron wave hits crew availability — Jan 2022 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Dec 2003: 126Jan 1985Oct 2005Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

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How full were the flights?

Inbound load factor, read as a floor rather than an exact figure. Some flights on this pair also carried passengers to and from other cities, and their seats cannot be split between those journeys. Dividing by every seat on every aircraft that touched the route gives the lowest the true figure can be, so actual occupancy is at or above the line. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.

16%31%46% Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

8%27%46% Jul 2024Jul 2025Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

8%27%46% Jul 2024Jul 2025Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

0%23%46% Apr 2009Nov 2017Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

Load factor: seats data from 2009

When is this route busiest?

Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.

J: 1.13× the annual average J F: 0.58× the annual average F M: 0.71× the annual average M A: 1.06× the annual average A M: 1.40× the annual average M J: 2.10× the annual average J J: 0.91× the annual average J A: 0.89× the annual average A S: 0.96× the annual average S O: 0.82× the annual average O N: 0.54× the annual average N D: 0.88× the annual average D

Freight

Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.

085170 Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026
085170 Jul 2024Jul 2025Jun 2026
085170 Jul 2024Jul 2025Jun 2026
0111222 Dec 2003: 0Jan 1985Oct 2005Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Jun 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record4,392 · Jun 2026
Data coverageJan 1985 – Jun 2026 (283 months)
Freight, 12 months to Jun 2026758 tonnes
Destination regionFrance

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.

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