Passenger traffic last recorded
Oct 2018
no passengers recorded in later published months
Perth to Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates · 95 months of data from Dec 1985
Years of data
8
Dec 1985 – Oct 2018
Busiest month
17,273
Dec 2016
Traffic: to Jun 2026
Passenger traffic between Perth and Abu Dhabi was last recorded in Oct 2018, after 656,249 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 17,273 passengers in a single month, in Dec 2016.
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
Dec 1985
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Latest complete year · also peak
2017
162,898 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Perth; the ring marks the distance to Abu Dhabi.
Passengers, 1985 to 2018
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Oct 2018 · Marks show industry events
How full were the flights?
Inbound load factor. Every flight on this pair served no other city pair, so the seat count is unambiguous and these figures are exact. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.
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.
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.
To Oct 2018
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 17,273 · Dec 2016 |
| Data coverage | Dec 1985 – Oct 2018 (95 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to Oct 2018 | 5,519 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.