United Airlines

international services · records from Feb 1986

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

International passengers over time

International traffic to May 2026

Routes it flies

7 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 ↔ New York — 5,349 flights, Sep 2003 to Aug 2012
• Sydney ↔ Chicago — 4,928 flights, Sep 2003 to Aug 2012
• Melbourne ↔ New York — 2,576 flights, Dec 2003 to Jul 2010
• Melbourne ↔ Chicago — 2,365 flights, Sep 2003 to Aug 2012
• Cairns ↔ Guam — 746 flights, Mar 2012 to Sep 2015
• Brisbane ↔ Los Angeles — 75 flights, Mar 2008 to Feb 2024
• Sydney ↔ Honolulu — 16 flights, May 2007 to Jun 2021
• Melbourne ↔ Honolulu — 7 flights, May 2008 to Feb 2018
• Brisbane ↔ Chicago — 4 flights, Sep 2009 to Oct 2011
• Brisbane ↔ New York — 2 flights, Mar 2008 to May 2008
• Sydney ↔ Manchester (US) — 2 flights, Jun 2004 to Jun 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 — 1,632,938 passengers, Feb 1986 to May 2002
• Guam — 56,245 passengers, Mar 2012 to Sep 2015
• Fiji — 776 passengers, Dec 1996 to Dec 1996
• American Samoa — 290 passengers, Jan 2001 to Jan 2001

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