Australian Flight Data

Sydney to Palmerston

New Zealand · 138 months of data from Oct 1996

Passenger traffic last recorded
Mar 2008
no passengers recorded in later published months
Years of data
12
Oct 1996 – Mar 2008
Busiest month
2,394
Jan 2007

Traffic: to May 2026

Passenger traffic between Sydney and Palmerston was last recorded in Mar 2008, after 103,441 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 2,394 passengers in a single month, in Jan 2007.

The route

Sydney Palmerston

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

Passengers, 1996 to 2008

01,1612,321 Mar 2007Sep 2007Mar 2008
01,1972,394Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Mar 2003Sep 2005Mar 2008
01,1972,394Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Mar 1998Mar 2003Mar 2008
01,1972,394Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Oct 1996Jul 2002Mar 2008

To Mar 2008 · 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.

60%75%90% Mar 2007Sep 2007Mar 2008
47%70%94% Sep 2003Sep 2006Mar 2008

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: 1.40× the annual average J F: 0.95× the annual average F M: 0.99× the annual average M A: 1.10× the annual average A M: 0.74× the annual average M J: 0.87× the annual average J J: 1.02× the annual average J A: 0.76× the annual average A S: 0.97× the annual average S O: 1.06× the annual average O N: 0.87× the annual average N D: 1.26× the annual average D

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record2,394 · Jan 2007
Data coverageOct 1996 – Mar 2008 (138 months)
Destination regionNew 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.

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