Sydney Airport - Traffic Performance September 2014

20-Oct-2014

Pax Monthly performance Year to date performance
('000s)1 Sep-14 Sep-13 Growth (%) YTD-14 YTD-13 Growth (%)
Domestic 2,130 2,088 +2.0% 18,642 18,435 +1.1%
International2 1,073 1,086 -1.2% 9,655 9,374 +3.0%
DOC3 5 5 +0.6% 33 52 -36.2%
Total 3,209 3,180 +0.9% 28,330 27,862 +1.7%
1 Contains estimates with any adjustments to preliminary statistics to be included in the year to date results in future months.
2 International excludes Domestic-On-Carriage.
3 Domestic-On-Carriage.

CEO Kerrie Mather said, "Passenger numbers continued to grow at Sydney Airport in September with total passengers up 0.9% on the prior corresponding period (pcp). Passenger demand drove load factor improvement in both international markets (1.4 percentage point increase) and domestic markets (1.1 percentage point increase) during September. Domestic passengers grew strongly, up 2.0% during the month. International services saw passenger numbers decline 1.2% on the pcp with the cycling of strong capacity additions and passenger growth in September 2013. Year to date, international traffic has grown by a robust 3.0%.

"We are pleased that Qantas will increase capacity on its Sydney-Santiago route by 33% with a fourth weekly service from February 2015. This is another example of strong load factors driving capacity expansion. Chilean nationality travellers increased by 12.8% in September and have increased by over 60% since 2011 as a result of the direct service introduced in March 2012.

"Solid growth continues in our fourth largest nationality market, with USA travellers up 3.3%. USA remains the largest foreign direct investor in the Australian economy and a major export market, and we are delighted to play our part in enabling bilateral trade, investment, education and tourism. In the year to date, the USA nationality market has grown 4.6% or over 20,000 additional passengers.

"In September, Qantas upgauged its Sydney-Dallas service from a B747 to the flagship A380 aircraft resulting in a seat capacity increase of more than 10%. Qantas is now operating the service non-stop between Sydney and Dallas, further increasing the convenience and efficiency of the service for travellers.

"Cebu Pacific Air successfully started services between Sydney and Manila in September. The new service was important in driving the 18.0% growth in Filipino nationality travellers to Sydney during the month. Philippine Airlines will be increasing its services from four weekly to seven weekly in October and Cebu Pacific Air will increase from four weekly to five weekly in December."

Key Points
Average load factors improved in both international and domestic markets with 1.4 and 1.1 percentage point increases respectively.
Qantas will increase its Sydney-Santiago service from three to four weekly using a Boeing 747-400 aircraft providing 37,856 additional seats annually.
Qantas began operating its Sydney-Dallas service non-stop directly between the two cities with an Airbus A380-800 aircraft providing more than 10% increase in capacity on the route.
Cebu Pacific Air commenced a four-weekly service to Manila in September using an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, increasing to five a week from 10 December and providing 226,800 additional seats annually on the Sydney-Manila route.
Total passenger traffic for September is estimated to have increased 0.9% on the pcp, with domestic traffic estimated to be up 2.0% on the pcp and international traffic (excluding domestic on-carriage) down 1.2% on the pcp.

Top 10 Nationalities Travelling Through Sydney Airport

Rank Nationality Sep-14 YTD-14 Rank Nationality Sep-14 YTD-14
1 Australia -2.5% +1.5% 6 Korea -5.9% +3.2%
2 New Zealand -0.8% +0.3% 7 Japan -0.2% +2.4%
3 China +11.4% +14.6% 8 India +4.5% +13.9%
4 UK -4.3% -1.5% 9 Germany -2.5% +1.4%
5 USA +3.3% +4.6% 10 Malaysia +6.5% +13.7%

Last 12 Months Traffic Data

('000s) 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 Total Total Growth
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct-13
- Sep-14 Oct-12
- Sep-13 %

Dom 2,274 2,147 2,183 2,125 1,898 2,116 2,080 2,021 1,949 2,190 2,132 2,130 25,246 24,965 +1.1%
Int 1,098 1,048 1,233 1,285 1,019 1,027 1,083 973 1,013 1,116 1,067 1,073 13,034 12,618 +3.3%
DOC 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 5 52 78 -33.8%
Total 3,380 3,201 3,421 3,415 2,920 3,146 3,167 2,996 2,967 3,308 3,202 3,209 38,331 37,661 +1.8%
All data is for arriving and departing passengers.
All data is taken from management accounts, is provisional and subject to revision.
All data has been rounded to the nearest thousand and in some instances the total may not be equal to the sum of the parts. Percentage changes have been calculated based on actual figures and not based on rounded balances.
Contains estimates with adjustments made to preliminary data in later months.