Australian Flight Data

Sydney to Papeete

Tahiti · 265 months of data from Jan 1985

Passenger traffic last recorded
Feb 2012
no passengers recorded in later published months
Years of data
22
Jan 1985 – Dec 2013
Busiest month
5,763
Jan 2007

Traffic: to May 2026

Passenger traffic between Sydney and Papeete was last recorded in Feb 2012, after 149,216 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 5,763 passengers in a single month, in Jan 2007.

The route

Sydney Papeete

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

Passengers, 1985 to 2013

Not enough data to chart.

01,9413,881Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Dec 2008Apr 2009Dec 2013
02,8825,763OzJet'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 Jul 2005Jul 2007Dec 2013
02,8825,763The 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 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 Jan 1985Jan 1996Dec 2013

To Dec 2013 · 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.

Not enough data to chart.

13%50%86% Sep 2005Aug 2007Feb 2012

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: 0.67× the annual average F M: 0.91× the annual average M A: 0.84× the annual average A M: 0.97× the annual average M J: 0.91× the annual average J J: 1.14× the annual average J A: 0.94× the annual average A S: 0.87× the annual average S O: 1.02× the annual average O N: 0.92× the annual average N D: 1.41× the annual average D

Freight

Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.

Not enough data to chart.

04895 Dec 2008Apr 2009Dec 2013
0110219 Jul 2005Jul 2007Dec 2013
0110219 Jan 1985Jan 1996Dec 2013

To Dec 2013

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record5,763 · Jan 2007
Data coverageJan 1985 – Dec 2013 (265 months)
Destination regionTahiti

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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