International pax to/from Australia up 3% to 3.2m in Dec-2014, capacity (seats) up 1% to 4m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (11-Mar-2015) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Dec-2014:

• Passenger numbers: 3.2 million, +2.9% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 4.0 million, +1.4%;
• Flights: 15,725, +1.3%;
• Cargo volume: 81,610 tonnes, +7.5%;
• Aircraft movements: 16,065, -0.8%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• Share of passengers carried:
• • Qantas: 14.9%, -1.2 ppts;
  • Emirates: 9.8%, stable;
  • Singapore Airlines: 8.6%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Jetstar: 8.5%, +0.9 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 7.3%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 7.0%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific: 4.6%, +0.3 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 4.6%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Airasia X: 4.1%, -0.6 ppt;
  • China Southern: 2.7%, +0.2 ppt;
• Share of cargo carried:
• • Singapore Airlines: 18.3%, +2.0 ppts;
  • Qantas: 12.7%, -1.7 ppts;
  • Emirates: 11.5%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific: 9.2%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 6.4%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 5.6%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 3.9%, -0.2 ppt;
  • China Southern: 2.9%, +1.7 ppts;
  • Etihad Airways: 2.9%, +0.1 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 2.4%, +0.4 ppt. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tigerair and Scoot accounted for 16.6% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Dec-2014. LCC share in Dec-2013 was 16%.