Australia‘s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (03-Oct-2018) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Jul-2018:
- Passengers: 3.7 million, +4.8% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 4.7 million, +4.8%;
- Cargo: 96,010 tonnes, +9.1%;
- Flights: 17,924, +4.5%;
- Aircraft movements: 18,451, +2.0%;
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
- Qantas: 17.1%, +0.9ppt;
- Jetstar: 8.5%, -0.7ppt;
- Singapore Airlines: 8.0%, -0.3ppt;
- Emirates: 7.8%, -0.7ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 6.4%, -0.1ppt;
- Virgin Australia: 6.2%, stable;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.2%, stable;
- AirAsia X: 3.6%, -0.4ppt;
- Qatar Airways: 3.1%, +0.6ppt;
- Etihad Airways: 3.2%, -0.3ppt;
- Share of cargo carried:
- Singapore Airlines: 16.0%, +0.4ppt;
- Qantas: 12.0%, -0.4ppt;
- Emirates: 8.1%, -0.7ppt;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 6.6%, -0.4ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 5.5%, -1.0ppt;
- China Southern Airlines: 4.0%, +0.3ppt;
- Qatar Airways: 3.6%, +1.1ppts;
- Malaysia Airlines: 3.0%, +0.3ppt;
- Thai Airways: 2.9%, -1.1ppts;
- Virgin Australia: 2.9%, +1.0ppt.
- Share of passengers carried:
BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia and Scoot Tigerair accounted for 15.0% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Jul-2018. LCC share in Jul-2017 was 16.7%.