BITRE: Australia intl pax up 4% in Apr-2019, cargo down 7%

3 July, 2019

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (03-Jul-2019) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Apr-2019:

  • Passengers: 3.5 million, +4.2% year-on-year;
  • Available seats: 4.3 million, -3.8%;
  • Cargo: 84,517 tonnes, -6.8%;
  • Flights: 16,815, +0.5%;
  • Aircraft movements: 17,249, +0.4%;
  • Top 10 international carriers:
    • Share of passengers carried:
      • Qantas: 17.9%, +0.2ppt;
      • Jetstar Airways: 8.5%, -0.8ppt;
      • Singapore Airlines: 8.4%, +0.6ppt;
      • Virgin Australia: 7.1%, +0.9ppt;
      • Air New Zealand: 6.9%, stable;
      • Emirates: 6.6%, -0.7ppt;
      • Cathay Pacific: 4.9%, +0.3ppt;
      • China Southern Airlines: 3.1%, 0.3ppt;
      • Qatar Airways: 3.0%, +0.5ppt;
      • Malaysia Airlines: 2.6%, +0.4ppt;
    • Share of cargo carried:
      • Singapore Airlines: 16.4%, +0.4ppt;
      • Qantas: 11.5%, +0.3ppt;
      • Emirates: 8%, +0.1ppt;
      • Cathay Pacific: 7.4%, +0.3ppt;
      • Air New Zealand: 4.6%, -0.2ppt;
      • Malaysia Airlines: 4.1%, +1.3ppts;
      • FedEx: 3.9%, +1.4ppts;
      • China Southern Airlines: 3.5%, -0.5ppt;
      • Qatar Airways: 2.8%, -0.8ppt;
      • Virgin Australia: 2.8%, +0.5ppt.

LCCs AirAsia X, Beijing Capital Airlines, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia and Scoot Tigerair accounted for 14.4% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Apr-2019. LCC share in Apr-2018 was 15.9%. [more - original PR]