Australian Flight Data

Xiamen to Sydney

China · 126 months of data from Dec 2015 · Sydney to Xiamen

Passengers
80,985
Xiamen to Sydney, 12 months to May 2026
Both directions
158,059
including Sydney to Xiamen
Load factor
87%
seats filled on this leg

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

80,985 passengers flew Xiamen to Sydney in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 158,059 on the route in both directions. Flights Xiamen to Sydney run 87% full, against 81% coming back.

The route

Sydney Xiamen

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

Flight numbers on this route

1 flight number currently scheduled from Xiamen to Sydney. These are the numbers you book under.

Not a daily service — this week it is scheduled on Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun (5 departures).

Xiamen · 1 · Boeing 787-8, Boeing 787-9

MF801

Current timetable as at 2026-09-06

Timetables change, and these carry no punctuality figures of their own — no on-time data is published for international flights at all. The passenger and load factor figures above cover the route, not any single flight number.

Passengers, 2015 to 2026

07,58315,166 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
08,06516,130Delta 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 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
08,06516,130Tigerair 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 Dec 2015Mar 2021May 2026

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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.

57%77%97% May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
5%51%97% May 2021Dec 2023May 2026
5%51%97% Dec 2015Feb 2021May 2026

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: 1.04× the annual average J F: 1.00× the annual average F M: 0.97× the annual average M A: 1.07× the annual average A M: 0.91× the annual average M J: 0.94× the annual average J J: 0.97× the annual average J A: 0.99× the annual average A S: 0.97× the annual average S O: 0.98× the annual average O N: 1.01× the annual average N D: 1.12× the annual average D

Freight

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

0326651 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
0420840 May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
0420840 Dec 2015Mar 2021May 2026

To May 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record16,130 · Sep 2023
Data coverageDec 2015 – May 2026 (126 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 20266,780 tonnes
Destination regionChina

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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