Australian Flight Data

Adelaide to London

UK · 217 months of data from Jan 1985

Flights between Adelaide and London carry one flight number the whole way but stop somewhere en route — no aircraft has been recorded flying the pair without an intermediate stop. It is a single bookable service, not a connection.

Passenger traffic last recorded
Mar 2005
no passengers recorded in later published months
Years of data
18
Jan 1985 – Mar 2005
Busiest month
3,562
Jan 1995

Traffic: to Jun 2026

Passenger traffic between Adelaide and London was last recorded in Mar 2005, after 14 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 3,562 passengers in a single month, in Jan 1995.

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
1994
32,159 passengers
Latest complete year
2002
2,967 passengers

The route

Adelaide London

Distances are true from Adelaide; the ring marks the distance to London.

Passengers, 1985 to 2005

0714 Mar 2005: 14Mar 2005Mar 2005Mar 2005
06601,320Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 Mar 2005: 14Mar 2000Sep 2002Mar 2005

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

01,3072,614Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 Mar 2005: 14Mar 1995Mar 2000Mar 2005

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

01,7813,562The pilots' dispute grounds domestic aviation — Aug 1989 Domestic deregulation ends the Two Airline Policy — Oct 1990 Virgin Blue launches — Aug 2000 Ansett Australia collapses — Sep 2001 Jetstar launches — May 2004 Mar 2005: 14Jan 1985Feb 1995Mar 2005

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Mar 2005 · Marks show industry events

When is this route busiest?

Average passengers by calendar month over the last ten years, relative to the annual average.

J: 1.05× the annual average J F: 0.91× the annual average F M: 0.98× the annual average M A: 0.96× the annual average A M: 1.05× the annual average M J: 1.04× the annual average J J: 1.11× the annual average J A: 1.00× the annual average A S: 1.03× the annual average S O: 0.98× the annual average O N: 0.95× the annual average N D: 0.93× the annual average D

Freight

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

011 Mar 2005: 0Mar 2005Mar 2005Mar 2005
0612 Mar 2005: 0Mar 2000Sep 2002Mar 2005

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

01530 Mar 2005: 0Mar 1995Mar 2000Mar 2005

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

058117 Mar 2005: 0Jan 1985Feb 1995Mar 2005

Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.

To Mar 2005

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record3,562 · Jan 1995
Data coverageJan 1985 – Mar 2005 (217 months)
Destination regionUK

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.

Related routes

From Adelaide

To London

Airport data