Australia’s BITRE domestic pax up 2% to 4.9m in Aug-2016

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reports (24-Oct-2016) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines in Aug-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 4.9 million, +1.9% year-on-year;
• Top ten domestic city pairs:
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 739,254, +3.5%;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 391,157, +2.8%;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 287,653, +6.3%;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 210,480, +3.5%;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 189,511, -2.5%;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 162,398, +7.0%;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 158,468, -4.7%;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 146,973, +1.8%;
  • Perth-Sydney: 137,093, -2.3%;
  • Brisbane-Cairns: 117,720, +2.2%;
• Load factor: 76.1%, stable;
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 80.1%, +2.1 ppts;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 80.2%, +1.4 ppts;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 79.4%, +4.2 ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 85.2%, +4.5 ppts;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 72.7%, -4.6 ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 83.5%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 74.7%, -2.4 ppt;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 77.6%, +2.9 ppts;
  • Perth-Sydney: 74.3%, -1.4 ppts;
  • Brisbane-Cairns: 83.9%, -0.7 ppt;
• Seats: 6.6 million, +1.3%. [more - original PR]