Passenger traffic last recorded
Jan 2014
no passengers recorded in later published months
Sydney to Dunedin
New Zealand · 175 months of data from Jan 1988
Years of data
15
Jan 1988 – Jan 2014
Busiest month
3,037
Jan 2007
Traffic: to Jun 2026
Passenger traffic between Sydney and Dunedin was last recorded in Jan 2014, after 170,811 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 3,037 passengers in a single month, in Jan 2007.
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 1988
first recorded month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
2006
27,108 passengers
Latest complete year
2008
23,585 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Dunedin.
Passengers, 1988 to 2014
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 Jan 2014 · 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.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
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.
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 Jan 2014
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 3,037 · Jan 2007 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1988 – Jan 2014 (175 months) |
| Destination region | New Zealand |
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.