Australian airports pax down 1% in Dec-2018; 162.8m pax in 2018

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (04-Mar-2019) the following traffic highlights for Australian airports:

• Dec-2018:
  • Passengers: 14.2 million, -0.7% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 10.2 million, -2.1%;
    • International: 3.9 million, +3.1%;
  • Aircraft movements: 122,266, -1.2%;
    • Domestic: 103,330, -1.8%;
    • International: 18,936, +2.6%;
• 2018:
  • Passengers: 162.8 million, +2.6% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 121.2 million, +1.8%;
    • International: 41.6 million, +4.9%;
  • Aircraft movements: 1.5 million, -0.6%;
    • Domestic: 1.3 million, -1.4%;
    • International: 210,310, +4.5%. [more - original PR]