Australia's BITRE reports 8.3% rise in Nov-2010 domestic pax

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (19-Jan-2011) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines in Nov-2010:

• Passenger numbers: 5.9 million, +8.3% year-on-year;
  • Top 10 domestic city pairs:
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 802,656, -0.6%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 463,309, +5.8%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 330,228, +22.2%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 226,472, +20.0%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 221, 874, +3.6%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 192,348, +22.5%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 185,965, +17.4%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 178,460, +22.0%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 173,508, -0.9%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 123,285, +10.2%.
  • Load factor: 80%, -2.1 ppts;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 88.9%, +3.9 ppts;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 86.8%, +3.6 ppts;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 86.5%, -2.7 ppts;
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 86.1%, +2.1 ppts;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 86.1%, -2.8 ppts;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 83.3%, -5.9 ppts;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 82.9%, -1.4 ppts;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 82.5%, -4.5 ppts;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 82.1%, -4.4 ppts;
    • Perth-Sydney: 80.0%, -7.5 ppts;
  • Flights: 49,422, +6.1%. [more]