BITRE: Australia intl pax down 98.3% in May-2020

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (14-Jul-2020) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for May-2020:

• Passengers: 52,989, -98.3% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 200,874, -95.2%;
• Cargo: 65,536 tonnes, -29.1%;
• Flights: 3027, -81.4%;
• Aircraft movements: 3146, -81.2%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
  • Share of passengers carried:
    • Qatar Airways: 34.3%, +31.1pp;
    • Air New Zealand: 12.5%, +6.1pp;
    • China Southern Airlines: 4.9%, +2.1pp;
    • Air India: 4.9%, +4.4pp;
    • United Airlines: 4.7%, +3.5pp;
    • Asiana Airlines: 3.8%, +3.3pp;
    • Cathay Pacific: 3.7%, -1.0pp;
    • Qantas Airways: 3.4%, -15.0pp;
    • China Airlines: 3.2%, +2.2pp;
    • Xiamen Airlines: 2.6%, +2.1pp;
  • Share of cargo carried:
    • Singapore Airlines: 10.9%, -6.3pp;
    • Cathay Pacific: 10.5%, +3.8pp;
    • FedEx: 10.1%, +6.1pp;
    • Qantas Airways: 9.9%, -2.2pp;
    • Qatar Airways: 7.4%, +4.4pp;
    • Emirates Airline: 7.1%, -0.8pp;
    • Kalitta Air: 4.9%, +4.9pp;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 4.6%, +0.6pp;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.8%, +0.4pp;
    • UPS: 3.4%, +1.2pp.

LCCs Citilink Indonesia and Scoot accounted for 0.6% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in May-2020. The LCC share in May-2019 was 14.3%. [more - original PR]