Australia’s BITRE domestic pax up 2% to 60.0m in 2017

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (23-Mar-2018) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines for 2017:

• Passengers: 60.0 million, +1.7% year-on-year;
  • Top ten domestic city pairs:
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 9.1 million, +2.2%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 4.7 million, +1.9%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 3.5 million, +1.4%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 2.7 million, +1.3%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 2.5 million, +2.6%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 2.0 million, -1.9%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 2.0 million, +2.4%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 1.9 million, +1.4%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 1.7 million, -2.1%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 1.6 million, +4.8%;
• Load factor: 79.4%, +1.5ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 86.5%, +3.4ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 86.4%, +0.4ppt;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 84.5%, +0.9ppt;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 83.7%, +2.8ppts;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 82.5%, +0.9ppt;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 82.0%, +1.2ppts;
  • Perth-Sydney: 82.0%, +0.8ppt;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 81.9%, +2.6ppts;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 81.1%, +0.6ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 80.5%, +1.4ppts;
• RPKs: +1.0%;
• ASKs: -1.0%;
• Aircraft movements: 638,700, -0.7%;
• Seats: 77.1 million, -0.3%. [more - original PR]