Sydney Airport Managing Director and CEO Kerrie Mather said, "International traffic growth for Jul-2017 was very strong, and a great start to the second half of 2017. Domestic passengers also delivered solid growth in Jul-2017 of 2.0%, compared with the prior corresponding period."
"July's international result was driven by 5.5% capacity growth and nearly 1 percentage point increase in average load factors. The strong loads were underpinned by the busy school holiday period and the British and Irish Lions Tour of New Zealand."
Source: Sydney Airport
"Sydney welcomes the announcement of its 7th mainland Chinese airline, Beijing Capital Airlines, serving its 15th mainland Chinese city, Qingdao. From 30-Oct-2017, the airline will operate two services per week with a 222 seat A330-200, adding 46,000 seats annually."
"Qatar Airways announced a second daily Doha service, commencing on 12-Feb-2018 following the very strong performance of their initial daily A380 service. The new service will be operated with a tag to Canberra, on a 358-seat B777-300ER, adding more than 260,000 international seats per year.
"Qantas also announced seasonal flights between Sydney and Osaka from 14-Dec-2017. Qantas will operate three flights per week on an A330-300, generating an additional 10,500 seats on the Japanese market over our summer period. Osaka is currently Sydney's largest unserved market," Ms Mather added.
Results for last 12 months
Source: Sydney Airport
Sydney Airport's traffic has increased every year for some time, with the trend not looking like it will end anytime soon.
Sydney Airport annual traffic: Passenger number from 2009 to 2017-08-18
Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and Sydney Airport