Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (01-Apr-2019) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Jan-2019:
- Passengers: 4.1 million, +4.8% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 5.0 million, +1.6%;
- Cargo: 92,740 tonnes, -2.1%;
- Flights: 18,843, +1.3%;
- Aircraft movements: 19,275, +2.1%;
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
- Qantas: 16.9%, +0.4ppt;
- Jetstar: 8.2%, -0.7ppt;
- Singapore Airlines: 7.7%, +0.1ppt;
- Emirates: 7.6%, -0.7ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 6.8%, +0.5ppt;
- Virgin Australia: 6.5%, +0.5ppt;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.2%, -0.1ppt;
- China Southern Airlines: 3.9%, +0.4ppt;
- AirAsia X: 2.9%, -0.6ppt;
- Qatar Airways: 2.9%, +0.5ppt;
- Share of cargo carried:
- Singapore Airlines: 16.1%, -0.6ppt;
- Qantas: 11.5%, +1.3ppts;
- Emirates: 8.4%, +1.0ppt;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 7.6%, +0.3ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 4.4%, -1.0ppt;
- China Southern Airlines: 4.0%, stable;
- Virgin Australia: 3.6%, +1.4ppts;
- FedEx: 3.5%, +1.2ppts;
- Qatar Airways: 3.1%, -0.1ppt;
- Malaysia Airlines: 3.0%, +0.4ppt. [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 Jan-2019. LCC share in Jan-2018 was 15.7%.