Air China

international services · records from Jan 1985

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

International passengers over time

International traffic to May 2026

Routes it flies

2 routes in the 12 months to May 2026, by flights operated.

Flights: 12 months to May 2026

Flight counts, not passengers. Route-level records begin in Sep 2003 — the passenger history below goes back further but is grouped by destination rather than by city.

Routes it no longer flies

• Sydney ↔ Shanghai — 6,020 flights, Sep 2003 to Mar 2019
• Melbourne ↔ Shanghai — 5,681 flights, Sep 2003 to Mar 2019
• Sydney ↔ Chengdu — 956 flights, Nov 2016 to Feb 2020
• Brisbane ↔ Beijing — 320 flights, Mar 2004 to Mar 2019
• Melbourne ↔ Guangzhou — 204 flights, Sep 2003 to Feb 2006
• Sydney ↔ Guangzhou — 204 flights, Sep 2003 to Feb 2006
• Melbourne ↔ Shenzhen — 36 flights, Jun 2017 to Jul 2017
• Brisbane ↔ Shanghai — 2 flights, Mar 2004 to Mar 2004

Passengers by destination

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12 months to May 2026

Destinations it no longer serves

Carried passengers at some point since 1985, none in the 12 months to May 2026.

• New Zealand — 12,970 passengers, Jul 2000 to Mar 2001

Punctuality is not published for international flights, so there is no on-time or cancellation figure here for Air China's services to and from Australia — only for domestic flights, and only where an airline operates them.