3-Sep-2013 12:10 PM
International pax to/from Australia up 5% in Jun-2013, LCC share down
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (30-Aug-2013) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Jun-2013:
- Passenger numbers: 2.5 million, +4.7% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 3.3 million, +6.8%;
- Flights: 13,195, +5.6%;
- Cargo volume: 69,551 tonnes, -2.0%;
- Aircraft movements: 13,922, +4.4%;
- Top 10 international carriers:
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- Share of passengers carried:
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- Qantas: 17.7%, stable;
- Emirates: 9.8%, +1.2 ppt;
- Singapore Airlines: 9.1%, -0.3 ppt;
- Virgin Australia: 8.1%, -0.6 ppt;
- Jetstar: 7.3%, -0.9 ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 6.7%, -0.4 ppt;
- Cathay Pacific: 4.6%, -0.1 ppt;
- Malaysia Airlines: 4.2%, +0.5 ppt;
- Thai Airways: 3.2%, -0.6 ppt;
- AirAsia X: 3.0%, +0.2 ppt;
- Share of cargo carried:
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- Singapore Airlines: 15.8%, +1.5 ppt;
- Qantas: 14.5%, -2.3 ppts;
- Emirates: 12.7%, +0.5 ppt;
- Cathay Pacific: 7.6%, -1.0 ppt;
- Malaysia Airlines: 6.0%, -0.7 ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 4.8%, -0.4 ppt;
- Thai Airways: 4.7%, -0.5 ppt;
- Etihad: 3.5%, +0.8 ppt;
- UPS: 2.9%, +0.3 ppt;
- Jetstar: 2.2%, -0.4 ppt. [more - original PR]
BITRE also reported (30-Aug-2013) LCCs AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tiger Airways and Scoot accounted for 13.4% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Jun-2013, down from 13.7% share in Jun-2012.