Australia domestic pax remains stable in Sep-2018, Melbourne-Perth pax up 16%

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (19-Nov-2018) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines for Sep-2018:

• Passengers: 5.1 million, +0.2% year-on-year;
  • Top 10 domestic city pairs:
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 739,653, -0.3%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 397,239, -1.6%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 303,208, -1.3%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 222,866, -1.0%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 201,779, stable;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 186,178, +15.6%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 179,224, +0.4%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 151,273, +0.1%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 140,965, +1.1%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 122,605, +0.7%;
• Load factor: 81.4%, +1.0ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 90.6%, +3.5ppts;
  • Perth-Sydney: 84.6%, +2.4ppts;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 84.8%, +2.7ppts;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 84.8%, +3.9ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 83.9%, -1.9ppts;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 83.6%, -0.1ppt;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 83.0%, -1.2ppts;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 80.8%, +0.2ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 79.9%, +2.0ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 77.8%, -3.7ppts;
• RPKs: +1.1%;
• ASKs: -0.2%;
• Aircraft movements: 52,211, -1.9%;
• Seats: 6.4 million, -0.5%. [more - original PR]