Australian Flight Data

Rome to Sydney

Italy · 245 months of data from Jan 1985 · Sydney to Rome

Flights between Sydney and Rome 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
3,627
Rome to Sydney, 12 months to Jun 2026
Both directions
8,093
including Sydney to Rome
At least
18%
full on this leg — a conservative floor

Traffic: 12 months to Jun 2026

3,627 passengers flew Rome to Sydney in the 12 months to Jun 2026, out of 8,093 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans outbound: 4,466 departing against 3,627 arriving. This route has been reported for 20 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
1997
72,347 passengers
Latest complete year
2002
29,656 passengers

The route

Sydney Rome

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

Passengers, 1985 to 2026

01,0902,180 Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

01,8933,786Bonza 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 Jun 2022Jun 2024Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

01,8933,786Bonza 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 Jun 2022Jun 2024Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

03,9637,926The 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 Jul 2008: 2,993Jan 1985Oct 2005Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Jun 2026 · Marks show industry events

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.

15%21%26% Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

15%40%65% Oct 2023: 41%Jun 2022Jun 2024Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

15%40%65% Oct 2023: 41%Jun 2022Jun 2024Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

15%40%65% Jul 2008: 63%Oct 2023: 41%Sep 2003Feb 2015Jun 2026

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.

04895 Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

04895 Jun 2022Jun 2024Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

04895 Jun 2022Jun 2024Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

0176353 Jul 2008: 10Jan 1985Oct 2005Jun 2026

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Jun 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record7,926 · Sep 1996
Data coverageJan 1985 – Jun 2026 (245 months)
Freight, 12 months to Jun 2026332 tonnes
Destination regionItaly

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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