BITRE: Australia domestic pax up 1% in Apr-2019, load factor improves to 80%

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (01-Jul-2019) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines for Apr-2019:

• Passengers: 5.1 million, +1.3% year-on-year;
  • Top 10 domestic city pairs:
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 741,922, -3.8%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 397,001, +1.9%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 307,006, +7.9%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 227,621, -6.1%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 215,027, -0.2%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 185,845, +8.2%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 180,883, +1.5%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 163,623, -3.9%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 142,360, -3.9%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 140,404, -1.2%;
• Passenger load factor: 80.3%, +0.7ppt;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 87.5%, +8.2ppts;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 86.7%, -0.6ppt;
  • Perth-Sydney: 85.9%, -1.7ppts;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 84.8%, -1.4ppts;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 84.3%, -0.7ppt;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 84.0%, -1.5ppts;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 82.8%, +5.6ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 82.1%, +0.5ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 81.7%, -2.0ppts;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 81.3%, +0.3ppts;
• RPKs: +1.9%;
• ASKs: +1.0%;
• Aircraft movements: 53,412, +2.5%;
• Seats: 6.6 million, +1.1%. [more - original PR]