BITRE: Australian airports handle 14.5m pax in Dec-2019, 164.3m pax in 2019

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (03-Mar-2020) the following traffic highlights for Australian airports:

• Dec-2019:
  • Passengers: 14.5 million, +2.2% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 10.4 million, +2.2%;
    • International: 4.0 million, +2.2%;
  • Aircraft movements: 123,255, +0.9%;
    • Domestic: 103,946, +0.7%;
    • International: 19,309, +1.8%;
• 2019:
• • Passengers: 164.3 million, +0.9% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 121.8 million, +0.5%;
    • International: 42.5 million, +2.2%;
  • Aircraft movements: 1.5 million, +1.0%;
  • • Domestic: 1.3 million, +1.0%;
    • International: 211,669, +0.6%. [more - original PR]