Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (11-Jun-2019) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Mar-2019:
- Passengers: 3.3 million, -2.5% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 4.5 million, +0.1%;
- Cargo: 99,034 tonnes, -0.1%;
- Flights: 17,098, +0.5%;
- Aircraft movements: 17,536, +0.9%;
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
- Qantas: 18.2%, +1.3ppts;
- Jetstar: 9.0%, -0.4ppt;
- Singapore Airlines: 8.2%, +0.4ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 8.0%, +0.7ppt;
- Emirates: 6.8%, -1.1ppts;
- Virgin Australia: 6.7%, +0.7ppt;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.5%, -0.1ppt;
- China Southern Airlines: 3.1%, +0.1ppt;
- Qatar Airways: 2.6%, stable;
- Malaysia Airlines: 2.3%, +0.3ppt;
- Share of cargo carried:
- Singapore Airlines: 16.2%, +0.4ppt;
- Qantas: 11.6%, +0.1ppt;
- Emirates: 8.9%, +0.9ppt;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 6.3%, stable;
- Air New Zealand: 4.9%, -0.6ppt;
- FedEx: 3.6%, +1.1ppts;
- Malaysia Airlines: 3.4%, +0.4ppt;
- Qatar Airways: 3.3%, -0.8ppt;
- China Southern Airlines: 3.2%, stable;
- Thai Airways: 2.7%, -0.7ppt. [more - original PR]
- Share of passengers carried:
BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia and Scoot Tigerair accounted for 14.4% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Mar-2019. LCC share in Mar-2018 was 15.8%.