International pax to/from Australia up 4% to 2.7m in Aug-2014, capacity (seats) also up 4% to 3.7m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (31-Oct-2014) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Aug-2014:

• Passenger numbers: 2.7 million, +3.8% year-on-year;
• • Available seats: 3.7 million, +3.6%;
  • Flights: 14,852, +2.8%;
  • Cargo volume: 74,435 tonnes, -1.5%;
  • Aircraft movements: 15,368, +1.6%;
  • Top 10 international carriers:
  • Share of passengers carried:
  • • Qantas: 15.7%, -0.9 ppt;
    • Emirates: 9.9%, +0.7 ppt;
    • Jetstar: 9.3%, +1.9 ppts;
    • Virgin Australia: 8.5%, stable;
    • Singapore Airlines: 7.9%, -0.8 ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 7.4%, -0.3 ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific: 5.0%, +0.4 ppt;
    • Airasia X: 3.9%, +0.5 ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 3.7%, -0.5 ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 2.9%, +0.7 ppt;
  • Share of cargo carried:
  • • Singapore Airlines: 17.3%, +0.9 ppt;
    • Qantas: 14.2%, -0.4 ppt;
    • Emirates: 12.3%, +1.7 ppts;
    • Cathay Pacific: 8.0%, +0.1 ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 6.3%, +0.6 ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 5.8%, -0.2 ppt;
    • Thai Airways: 2.9%, -1.6%;
    • Etihad Airways: 2.9%, -0.7 ppt;
    • UPS: 2.5%, -0.3 ppt;
    • Virgin Australia: 2.4%, +0.2 ppt. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tigerair and Scoot accounted for 16.8% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Aug-2014. The LCC share in Aug-2013 was 14.1%.