2-Dec-2014 10:57 AM
International pax to/from Australia up 4% to 2.8m in Sep-2014, capacity (seats) up 3% to 3.6m
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (02-Dec-2014) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Sep-2014:
- Passenger numbers: 2.8 million, +3.7% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 3.6 million, +2.7%;
- Flights: 14,404, +1.9%;
- Cargo volume: 74,944 tonnes, +2.4%;
- Aircraft movements: 14,920, +0.6%;
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
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- Qantas: 16%, -1.0 ppts;
- Emirates: 10%, +0.4 ppt;
- Singapore Airlines: 8.8%, stable;
- Jetstar: 8.7%, +1.2 ppts;
- Virgin Australia: 8.2%, +0.1 ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 7.1%, -0.3 ppt;
- Cathay Pacific: 4.9%, +0.5 ppt;
- Malaysia Airlines: 4.1%, -0.2 ppt;
- Airasia X: 3.9%, +0.6 ppt;
- Etihad Airways: 2.7%, +0.5 ppt;
- Share of cargo carried:
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- Singapore Airlines: 17.2%, +0.2 ppt;
- Qantas: 13.3%, -0.8 ppt;
- Emirates: 12.4%, +1.2 ppts;
- Cathay Pacific: 7.9%, stable;
- Malaysia Airlines: 6.4%, stable;
- Air New Zealand: 5.3%, -0.4 ppt;
- Thai Airways: 4.0%, -0.3 ppt;
- Etihad Airways: 2.8%, -0.6 ppt;
- China Southern: 2.6%, +0.8 ppt;
- Virgin Australia: 2.5%, +0.4 ppt. [more - original PR]
BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air (commenced in Sep-2014), Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tigerair and Scoot accounted for 16.6% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Sep-2014. LCC share in Sep-2013 was 14.2%.