BITRE: Australia intl pax up 5% in Oct-2018, LCCs account for 15% of intl pax

10 January, 2019

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (10-Jan-2019) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Oct-2018:

  • Passengers: 3.5 million, +5.3% year-on-year;
  • Available seats: 4.5 million, +3.8%;
  • Cargo: 106,307 tonnes, +5.7%;
  • Flights: 17,265, +3.0%;
  • Aircraft movements: 17,830, +4.2%;
    • Top 10 international carriers:
      • Share of passengers carried:
        • Qantas: 17.8%, +1.0ppt;
        • Jetstar: 8.7%, -0.4ppt;
        • Singapore Airlines: 8.2%, -0.2ppt;
        • Emirates: 7.3%, -0.6ppt;
        • Air New Zealand: 6.9%, stable;
        • Virgin Australia: 6.6%, +0.4ppt;
        • Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.6%, stable;
        • China Southern Airlines: 3.1%, +0.1ppt;
        • AirAsia X: 2.8%, -1.0ppt;
        • Qatar Airways: 2.6%, +0.5ppt;
      • Share of cargo carried:
        • Singapore Airlines: 16.1%, -0.6ppt;
        • Qantas: 12.2%, +0.2ppt;
        • Emirates: 7.8%, -0.7ppt;
        • Cathay Pacific Airways: 7.4%, +0.1ppt;
        • Air New Zealand: 4.6%, -0.8ppt;
        • Qatar Airways: 4.1%, +1.1ppts;
        • Malaysia Airlines: 3.2%, +1.1ppts;
        • Thai Airways: 3.1%, -0.9ppt;
        • China Southern Airlines: 3.1%, -0.9ppt;
        • Virgin Australia: 2.8%, +0.9ppt.

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia and Scoot Tigerair accounted for 14.5% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Oct-2018. The LCC share in Sep-2017 was 16.4%. [more - original PR]