British Airways

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 ↔ Bangkok — 5,060 flights, Sep 2003 to Mar 2012
• Melbourne ↔ London — 777 flights, Sep 2003 to Jun 2009
• Melbourne ↔ Singapore — 777 flights, Sep 2003 to Jun 2009
• Brisbane ↔ London — 2 flights, Sep 2009 to Apr 2012
• Brisbane ↔ Singapore — 2 flights, Sep 2009 to Apr 2012

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.

• Thailand — 2,096,830 passengers, Dec 1985 to Mar 2012
• New Zealand — 406,301 passengers, Jan 1985 to Mar 1995
• Malaysia — 119,600 passengers, Jan 1985 to Apr 2000
• United Arab Emirates — 27,339 passengers, Jan 1985 to Mar 1990
• Oman — 17,529 passengers, Jan 1985 to Mar 1988
• India — 8,559 passengers, Jan 1985 to Jun 1990
• Bahrain — 5,290 passengers, Oct 1987 to Mar 1990
• Germany — 667 passengers, Feb 1987 to Mar 1991
• Brunei — 540 passengers, Jan 1985 to Apr 1985
• Netherlands — 438 passengers, Aug 1989 to Feb 2012
• Belgium — 189 passengers, Aug 1994 to Aug 1994
• Switzerland — 158 passengers, Dec 1989 to Dec 1989
• Sri Lanka — 55 passengers, Mar 1986 to Mar 1986

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