International pax to/from Australia up 4% to 33.9m in FY2015, capacity (seats) up 1% to 44.2m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (11-Nov-2015) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for the 12 months ended Jun-2015:

• Passenger numbers: 33.9 million, +4.4% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 44.2 million, +1.1%;
• Flights: 175,249, +0.7%;
• Freight: 939,718, +6.5%;
• Mail: 40,632, +0.3%;
• Aircraft movements: 179,837, -1.0%;
• Share of operated seats by region:
• • Southeast Asia: 39.1%;
  • New Zealand: 19.7%;
  • Northeast Asia: 15.3%;
  • North America: 8.5%;
  • Middle East: 10.2%;
  • Oceania: 5.3%;
  • Africa: 1.2%;
  • South America: 0.3%;
  • South Asia: 0.4%;
• Top 10 countries by passenger movements:
• • New Zealand;
  • Singapore;
  • United Arab Emirates;
  • USA;
  • Malaysia;
  • Indonesia;
  • Hong Kong;
  • China;
  • Thailand;
  • Japan;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• Share of passengers carried:
• • Qantas: 15.7%;
  • Emirates: 9.8%;
  • Jetstar: 8.9%;
  • Singapore Airlines: 8.6%;
  • Virgin Australia: 7.7%;
  • Air New Zealand: 7.4%;
  • Cathay Pacific: 5.1%;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 1.4%;
  • Airasia X: 3.5%;
  • Etihad Airways: 2.5%;
  • Others: 26.6%;
  • LCCs share: 16.3%, +0.7 ppt. [more - original PR]