BITRE: Australia intl pax down 47.5% in Mar-2020

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (22-May-2020) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Mar-2020:

• Passengers: 1.7 million, -47.5% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 2.9 million, -34.6%;
• Cargo: 80,342 tonnes, -18.8%;
• Flights: 11,470, -32.9%;
• Aircraft movements: 11,809, -32.6%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
  • Share of passengers carried:
    • Qantas Airways: 18.6%, +0.4pp;
    • Jetstar Airways: 9.2%, +0.2pp;
    • Air New Zealand: 8.4%, +0.4pp;
    • Emirates Airline: 8.2%, +1.5pp;
    • Singapore Airlines: 8.1%, -0.1pp;
    • Virgin Australia: 7.5%, +0.8pp;
    • Qatar Airways: 5.0%, +2.4pp;
    • Etihad Airways: 2.9%, +0.9pp;
    • Thai Airways: 2.8%, +1.0pp;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 2.8%, +0.4pp;
  • Share of cargo carried:
    • Singapore Airlines: 16.0%, -0.2pp;
    • Qantas Airways: 13.2%, +1.6pp;
    • Emirates Airline: 8.1%, -0.8pp;
    • Cathay Pacific: 6.0%, -0.3pp;
    • FedEx: 5.9%, +2.3pp;
    • Air New Zealand: 5.2%, +0.3pp;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 4%, +0.6pp;
    • Qatar Airways: 3.8%, +0.5pp;
    • UPS: 3.2%, +1.0pp;
    • Thai Airways: 3.0%, +0.3pp.

LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific, Citilink, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia, Scoot and Thai AirAsia X accounted for 14.1% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Mar-2020. The LCC share in Mar-2019 was 14.4%. [more - original PR]