Passenger traffic between Perth and Shanghai was last recorded in Feb 2025, after 5,546 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 2,279 passengers in a single month, in Feb 2024.
The route
Distances are true from Perth; the ring marks the
distance to Shanghai.
Passengers, 1997 to 2025
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Feb 2025 · 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.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Load factor: seats data from 2009
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.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To Feb 2025
The route in numbers
Busiest month on record
2,279 · Feb 2024
Data coverage
Apr 1997 – Feb 2025 (62 months)
Freight, 12 months to Feb 2025
34 tonnes
Destination region
China
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.