Passenger traffic last recorded
May 2009
no passengers recorded in later published months
Sydney to Manchester
UK · 125 months of data from Jan 1985
Flights between Sydney and Manchester 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.
Years of data
10
Jan 1985 – May 2009
Busiest month
1,297
Mar 1993
Traffic: to Jun 2026
Passenger traffic between Sydney and Manchester was last recorded in May 2009, after 383 passengers had been recorded since 2003. At its busiest the route carried 1,297 passengers in a single month, in Mar 1993.
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
1993
11,918 passengers
Latest complete year
1994
10,883 passengers
The route
Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Manchester.
Passengers, 1985 to 2009
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To May 2009 · Marks show industry events
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
Gaps indicate missing observations, not zero values.
To May 2009
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 1,297 · Mar 1993 |
| Data coverage | Jan 1985 – May 2009 (125 months) |
| Destination region | UK |
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.