Australian Flight Data

Sydney to Hangzhou

China · 105 months of data from Jan 2011 · Hangzhou to Sydney

Passengers
13,703
Sydney to Hangzhou, 12 months to May 2026
Both directions
28,571
including Hangzhou to Sydney
Load factor
53%
seats filled on this leg

Traffic: 12 months to May 2026

13,703 passengers flew Sydney to Hangzhou in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 28,571 on the route in both directions. Traffic leans inbound: 14,868 arriving against 13,703 departing. Flights Sydney to Hangzhou run 53% full, against 59% coming back.

The route

Sydney Hangzhou

Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Hangzhou.

Passengers, 2011 to 2026

01,4802,959 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
01,4802,959Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 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 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 May 2021Oct 2024May 2026
01,9323,863Volcanic ash cloud disrupts southern Australia — Jun 2011 Qantas grounds its entire fleet — Oct 2011 Tigerair Australia stops flying — Feb 2020 Rex enters the trunk routes with jets — Mar 2021 Delta lockdowns close the eastern states — Jul 2021 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 Cyclone Alfred closes south-east Queensland airports — Mar 2025 Jan 2011Dec 2019May 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.

30%56%83% May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
4%47%89% May 2021Oct 2024May 2026
2%46%89% Jan 2011Jan 2020May 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: 0.80× the annual average J F: 0.98× the annual average F M: 0.96× the annual average M A: 1.04× the annual average A M: 0.84× the annual average M J: 1.04× the annual average J J: 1.02× the annual average J A: 1.15× the annual average A S: 1.06× the annual average S O: 1.11× the annual average O N: 0.93× the annual average N D: 1.07× the annual average D

Freight

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

04591 May 2025Nov 2025May 2026
0381763 May 2021Oct 2024May 2026
0381763 Jan 2011Dec 2019May 2026

To May 2026

The route in numbers

Busiest month on record3,863 · Aug 2019
Data coverageJan 2011 – May 2026 (105 months)
Freight, 12 months to May 2026672 tonnes
Destination regionChina

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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