International pax to/from Australia up 12% to 2.7m in Apr-2015, capacity (Seats) up 8% to 3.6m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (01-Jul-2015) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Apr-2015:

• Passenger numbers: 2.7 million, +12.1% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 3.6 million, +7.5%;
• Flights: 14,359, +6.6%;
• Cargo volume: 75,741 tonnes, +9.5%;
• Aircraft movements: 14,714, +4.4%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• Share of passengers carried:
• • Qantas: 16.2%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Emirates: 10.0%, +0.3 ppt;
  • Jetstar: 9.3%, +1.7 ppt;
  • Singapore Airlines: 8.6%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 7.6%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 7.3%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific Airways: 5.6%, +0.5 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 4.4%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 2.7%, stable;
  • AirAsia X: 2.7%, -2.0 ppts;
• Share of cargo carried:
• • Singapore Airlines: 18.3%, +2.3 ppts;
  • Qantas: 12.8%, -1.2 ppts;
  • Emirates: 11.9%, +0.1 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific Airways: 8.2%, -0.5 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 7.1%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 5.0%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 3.6%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Etihad Airways: 3.0%, +0.1 ppt;
  • China Southern Airlines: 2.9%, +1.0 ppt;
  • United Parcel Service: 2.6%, +0.3 ppt. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia Extra, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, and Scoot accounted for 15.7% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Apr-2015. LCC share in Apr-2014 was 15.5%.