International pax to/from Australia up 4% in Nov-2013, capacity (seats) up 7%

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (12-Feb-2014) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Nov-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 2.6 million, +4.2% year-on-year;
• • Available seats: 3.5 million, +7.4%;
  • Flights: 14,060, +7.7%;
  • Cargo volume: 79,146 tonnes, +0.1%;
  • Aircraft movements: 14,734, +7.4%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• Share of passengers carried:
• • Qantas: 16.8%, -0.5 ppt;
  • Emirates: 9.3%, +0.8 ppt;
  • Singapore Airlines: 8.9%, -0.7 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 7.7%, -0.7 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 7.7%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Jetstar: 7.4%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific: 4.6%, stable;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 4.4%, +0.5 ppt;
  • Airasia X: 4.2%, +1.3 ppts;
  • Thai Airways: 2.9%, -0.7 ppt;
• Share of cargo carried:
• • Qantas: 16.2%, +0.6 ppt;
  • Singapore Airlines: 15.6%, stable;
  • Emirates: 12.4%, -1.4 ppts;
  • Cathay Pacific: 7.6%, -0.7 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 6.2%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 5.0%, +0.3 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 4.2%, +0.8 ppt;
  • Etihad Airways: 3.1%, +0.5 ppt;
  • UPS: 2.2%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Jetstar: 2.0%, -0.7 ppt. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported low cost carriers (LCCs) AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tigerair and Scoot accounted for 15.0% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Nov-2013. The LCC share in Nov-2012 was 13.8%.