Australia’s BITRE domestic pax up 3% to 5.1m in Apr-2018

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (27-Jun-2018) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines for Apr-2018:

• Passengers: 5.1 million, +3.1% year-on-year;
  • Top ten domestic city pairs:
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 770,997 +6.0%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 389,543, +1.4%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 284,525, -2.3%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 242,480, +3.3%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 215,390, +6.3%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 178,163, +1.2%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 171,773, +1.1%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 170,319, +6.7%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 142,067, +1.3%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 148,212, +0.6%;
• Load factor: 79.6%, +0.1ppt;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 85.0%, -0.3ppt;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 81.0%, -0.9ppt;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 77.2%, -3.2ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 85.5%, +0.5ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 83.7%, +2.7ppts;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 87.3%, +0.7ppt;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 79.3%, -5.9ppts;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 86.2%, +4.0ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 81.6%, -4.1ppts;
  • Perth-Sydney: 87.6%, +2.8ppts;
• RPKs: +2.6%;
• ASKs: +2.5%;
• Aircraft movements: 52,229, +0.8%;
• Seats: 6.5 million, +2.8%. [more - original PR]