BITRE: Australia domestic pax 5.2m in Sep-2019, up 2.1%

20 November, 2019

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (20-Nov-2019) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines for Sep-2019:

  • Passengers: 5.2 million, +2.1% year-on-year;
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 747,700, +1.1%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 401,700, +1.1%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 311,900, +2.9;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 227,500, +2.1;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 210, 900, +4.5;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 186,800, +4.2%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 170,200, -8.6%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 152,900, +1.1%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 135,800, -3.8%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 126,300%, +3%;
  • Passenger load factor: 81.4%, +0.4ppts;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 93.1%, +2.5ppts;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 86.6%, +1.8ppts;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 86.2%, +2.3ppts;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 84.5%, +3.7ppts;
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 84.4%, +0.8ppt;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 83%, -1.8ppts;
    • Perth-Sydney: 83.2%, -1.4ppts;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 82.5%, -0.5ppt;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 81%, +1.1ppts;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 79.1%, +1.3ppts;
  • RPKs: +1%;
  • ASKs: +0.5%;
  • Aircraft movements: 53,348, -2.5%;
  • Seats: 6.5 million, +1.5%. [more - original PR]