7-Mar-2014 11:01 AM
International pax to/from Australia up 8% in Dec-2013, capacity (seats) up 10%
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (06-Mar-2014) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Dec-2013:
- Passenger numbers: 3.1 million, +7.8% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 3.9 million, +10%;
- Flights: 15,530, +9.5%;
- Cargo volume: 75,900 tonnes, -3.0%;
- Aircraft movements: 16,190, +8.8%;
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
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- Qantas: 16.1%, -0.4 ppt;
- Emirates: 9.8%, +0.6 ppt;
- Singapore Airlines: 8.7%, -0.5 ppt;
- Jetstar: 7.7%, -0.3 ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 7.6%, -0.3 ppt;
- Virgin Australia: 6.8%, -1.0 ppts;
- Malaysia Airlines: 4.7%, +0.7 ppt;
- Airasia X: 4.6%, +1.5 ppts;
- Cathay Pacific: 4.4%, -0.2 ppt;
- Thai Airways: 2.9%, -0.6 ppt;
- Share of cargo carried:
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- Singapore Airlines: 16.3%, stable;
- Qantas: 14.4%, -0.8 ppt;
- Emirates: 11.9%, -0.8 ppt;
- Cathay Pacific: 9.8%, +0.6 ppt;
- Malaysia Airlines: 6.2%, +0.8 ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 5.7%, +0.7 ppt;
- Thai Airways: 4.1%, +0.7 ppt;
- Etihad Airways: 2.8%, +0.1 ppt;
- UPS: 2.1%, -0.3 ppt;
- Virgin Australia: 2.1%, +0.5 ppt. [more - original PR]
BITRE also reported (06-Mar-2014) LCCs AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tigerair and Scoot accounted for 16% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Dec-2013. The LCC share in Dec-2012 was 13.9%.