21-Nov-2016 10:41 AM
International pax to/from Australia up 7% to 36.2m in FY2016, capacity (seats) up 6% to 46.9m
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (21-Nov-2016) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for the 12 months ended Jun-2016:
- Passenger numbers: 36.2 million, +7.0% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 46.9 million, +6.1%;
- Flights: 183,206, +4.5%;
- Freight: 996,650, +6.0%;
- Mail: 35,726, -12.1%;
- Aircraft movements: 186,287, +3.6%;
- Share of operated seats by region:
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- Southeast Asia: 36.3%;
- New Zealand: 20.0%;
- Northeast Asia: 17.4%;
- Middle East: 10.8%;
- North America: 8.7%;
- Oceania: 5.0%;
- Africa: 1.1%;
- South Asia: 0.4%;
- South America: 0.3%;
- Top 10 countries by passenger movements:
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
- LCCs share: 17.5%, +1.2 ppts. [more - original PR]