BITRE: Australia international pax up 1% in Jul-2019, LCCs pax share increases slightly

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (03-Oct-2019) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Jul-2019:

• Passengers: 3.7 million, +0.7% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 4.6 million, -1.3%;
• Cargo: 87,557 tonnes, -9.0%;
• Flights: 17,880, -0.3%;
• Aircraft movements: 18,336, -0.6%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
  • Share of passengers carried:
    • Qantas Airways: 17.3%, +0.2ppt;
    • Jetstar Airways: 8.8%, +0.3ppt;
    • Singapore Airlines: 8.5%, +0.5ppt;
    • Emirates: 6.9%, -1.0ppt;
    • Virgin Australia: 6.9%, +0.7ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 6.4%, stable;
    • Cathay Pacific: 4.7%, stable;
    • Qatar Airways: 3.3%, +0.2ppt;
    • AirAsia X: 3.1%, -0.5ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 2.8%, +0.4ppt;
  • Share of cargo carried:
    • Singapore Airlines: 15.9%, stable;
    • Qantas Airways: 12.4%, +0.3ppt;
    • Emirates Airline: 8.3%, +0.2ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific: 6.5%, -0.2ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 5.8%, +0.3ppt;
    • FedEx: 4.3%, +1.8ppts;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 3.8%, +0.8ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.3%, -0.7ppt;
    • Qatar Airways: 3.1%, -0.5ppt;
    • China Eastern Airlines: 2.7%, +1.0ppts.

LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia, Scoot and Thai AirAisa X accounted for 15.4% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Jul-2019. LCC share in Jul-2019 was 15.0%. [more - original PR]