Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (21-Oct-2019) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines for Aug-2019:
- Passengers: 5.2 million, +0.2% year-on-year;
- Top 10 domestic city pairs:
- Melbourne-Sydney: 769,529, -1.6%;
- Brisbane-Sydney: 413,613, -0.7%;
- Brisbane-Melbourne: 306,282, +2.2%;
- Gold Coast-Sydney: 217,246, -1.7%;
- Adelaide-Melbourne: 212,024, +2.9%;
- Gold Coast-Melbourne: 177,635, +1.6%;
- Melbourne-Perth: 168,901, +2.9%;
- Adelaide-Sydney: 149,036, +0.3%;
- Perth-Sydney: 133,503, +0.3%;
- Hobart-Melbourne: 125,053, +4.5%;
- Top 10 domestic city pairs:
- Passenger load factor: 82.5%, +1.4ppts;
- Gold Coast-Melbourne: 91.2%, -0.4ppt;
- Melbourne-Perth: 87.1%, +5.5ppts;
- Adelaide-Sydney: 86.1%, +6.7ppts;
- Gold Coast-Sydney: 86.0%, -0.1ppt;
- Melbourne-Sydney: 85.6%, +0.1ppt;
- Brisbane-Melbourne: 85.4%, +1.8ppts;
- Brisbane-Sydney: 84.3%, +0.1ppt;
- Perth-Sydney: 83.1%, +5.2ppts;
- Adelaide-Melbourne: 82.2%, +1.0ppt;
- Hobart-Melbourne: 80.1%, +3.2ppts;
- RPKs: +0.6%;
- ASKs: -1.1%;
- Aircraft movements: 53,500, -0.8%;
- Seats: 6.5 million, -0.8%. [more - original PR]