International pax to/from Australia up 5% to 3.1m in Jul-2015, capacity (Seats) up 2% to 3.9m

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

• Passenger numbers: 3.1 million, +4.5% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 3.9 million, +1.5%;
• Flights: 15,249, -0.4%;
• Cargo volume: 79,073 tonnes, +5.8%;
• Aircraft movements: 15,531, -1.9%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• Share of passengers carried:
• • Qantas: 15.6%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Emirates: 9.6%, +0.1 ppt;
  • Jetstar: 9.0%, +0.4 ppts;
  • Singapore Airlines: 8.9%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 7.3%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 7.0%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.7%, +0.1 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 4.4%, stable;
  • AirAsia X: 3.1%, -1.3 ppt;
  • Etihad Airways: 2.8%, +0.4 ppts;
• Share of cargo carried:
• • Singapore Airlines: 16.6%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Qantas: 12.8%, -0.9 ppts;
  • Emirates: 12.2%, +0.8 ppts;
  • Cathay Pacific Airways: 7.0%, -1.7 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 6.5%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 6.1%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 3.6%, +0.2 ppt;
  • China Southern Airlines: 2.9%, +0.8 ppt;
  • United Parcel Service: 2.5%, stable;
  • Qatar Airways: 2.3%, +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 16.7% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Jul-2015. LCC share in Jul-2014 was 17.1%.