Australian Flight Data

Melbourne to London

UK · 467 months of data from Jan 1985 · London to Melbourne

Flights between Melbourne 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.

Passengers
Melbourne to London, 12 months to Mar 2026
Both directions
116
including London to Melbourne

Traffic: 12 months to Mar 2026

116 passengers flew between Melbourne and London in the 12 months to Mar 2026. This route has been reported for 39 years.

The route

Melbourne London

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

Passengers, 1985 to 2026

Not enough data to chart.

04,9829,963Omicron 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 Nov 2021Jul 2023Mar 2026
06,30212,603Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 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 Mar 2016Jan 2020Mar 2026
010,62721,254The 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 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tiger Airways Australia enters the market — Apr 2008 Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Skywest becomes Virgin Australia Regional Airlines — May 2013 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 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 Jan 1985Jun 2004Mar 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.

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8%40%72% Nov 2021Feb 2023Mar 2026
8%40%72% Mar 2016Jun 2019Mar 2026
8%40%72% Sep 2003Dec 2013Mar 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: 1.19× the annual average J F: 0.76× the annual average F M: 0.87× the annual average M A: 0.95× the annual average A M: 0.93× the annual average M J: 1.14× the annual average J J: 1.25× the annual average J A: 1.09× the annual average A S: 1.06× the annual average S O: 0.91× the annual average O N: 0.90× the annual average N D: 0.96× the annual average D

Freight

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

Not enough data to chart.

061123 Nov 2021Jul 2023Mar 2026
0165330 Mar 2016Jan 2020Mar 2026
0295590 Jan 1985Jun 2004Mar 2026

To Mar 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record21,254 · Mar 2006
Data coverageJan 1985 – Mar 2026 (467 months)
Freight, 12 months to Mar 20266 tonnes
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.

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