Australian Flight Data

Perth to London

UK · 312 months of data from Jan 1985 · London to Perth

Passengers
72,631
Perth to London, 12 months to May 2026
Both directions
151,548
including London to Perth
At least
90%
full on this leg — a conservative floor

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

72,631 passengers flew Perth to London in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 151,548 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans inbound: 78,917 arriving against 72,631 departing. This route has been reported for 26 years.

The route

Perth London

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

Passengers, 1985 to 2026

06,86313,725 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
06,86313,725Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Sep 2021May 2024May 2026
06,86313,725Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Mar 2018Mar 2023May 2026
06,86313,725The 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 OzJet's all-business experiment ends within months — Jan 2006 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 COVID-19 border closures begin — Mar 2020 The deepest month: domestic traffic falls 96% — Apr 2020 Bonza launches on leisure routes — Nov 2023 Bonza collapses after 15 months — Mar 2024 Rex enters administration and exits the trunk routes — Aug 2024 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jan 1985Jan 1998May 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.

89%93%98% Jun 2025Dec 2025May 2026
29%64%98% May 2022Aug 2024May 2026
29%64%98% Dec 2004Jun 2022May 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: 1.03× the annual average J F: 0.96× the annual average F M: 0.92× the annual average M A: 1.04× the annual average A M: 0.89× the annual average M J: 0.93× the annual average J J: 0.94× the annual average J A: 1.09× the annual average A S: 1.07× the annual average S O: 1.06× the annual average O N: 0.96× the annual average N D: 1.09× the annual average D

Freight

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

04895 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
04895 Sep 2021May 2024May 2026
04895 Mar 2018Mar 2023May 2026
0153306 Jan 1985Jan 1998May 2026

To May 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record13,725 · Mar 2026
Data coverageJan 1985 – May 2026 (312 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 2026808 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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