Passenger traffic last recorded
Feb 2012
no passengers recorded in later published months
Sydney to Papeete
Tahiti · 265 months of data from Jan 1985
Years of data
22
Jan 1985 – Dec 2013
Busiest month
5,763
Jan 2007
Traffic: to Jun 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.
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
2006
45,409 passengers
Latest complete year
2008
36,755 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Papeete.
Passengers, 1985 to 2013
Not enough data to chart.
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 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.
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.
To Dec 2013
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 5,763 · Jan 2007 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – Dec 2013 (265 months) |
| Destination region | Tahiti |
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.