BITRE: Australia intl pax down 3% in Mar-2019, LCC share declines to 14%

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]

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%.