Sydney Airport Traffic - August 2013

20-Sep-2013

CEO Kerrie Mather said, "International passenger growth was strong in August, increasing 5.6% on the prior corresponding period (pcp). Sydney Airport welcomed 8.3 million international and 24.7 million total passengers through the airport in the year to date, a growth of 4.1% and 3.1% respectively over 2012.

"Our international result this month benefited from both strong capacity increases and load factors. Australian outbound passenger growth was robust increasing 6.0% above August 2012, primarily driven by additional capacity and frequencies. The most popular destinations for Australian passengers this month were USA, UAE, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, and UK.

"Tourism to NSW received a significant boost when Sydney welcomed Australia's first Dreamliner and the first ever direct flight between Sydney and Delhi. The Indian market has significant potential for growth and will be further stimulated by the advent of direct services. The success of our tourism partnership with Destination NSW and Tourism Australia as well as further liberalisation of bilateral air rights was demonstrated by an increase this month of 20% in Malaysian nationals to Sydney."

Key Points:

• Total passenger traffic for August is estimated to have increased 3.1% on the pcp, with domestic traffic estimated to be up 1.0% on the pcp and international traffic (excluding domestic on-carriage) up 5.6% on the pcp.
• For international traffic, the major nationality markets that grew included Australia (+6.0%), Malaysia (+20.7%), China (+14.1%), India (+12.8%), UK (9.9%), Hong Kong (+7.4%), France (+5.9%), New Zealand (+5.7%) and Indonesia (+3.2%). Germany (-4.0%) and Singapore (-3.3%) were the major nationality markets that declined during August.
• Sydney Airport is set to welcome more flights from Malaysia, with Malaysian Airlines commencing a third daily service between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur from 5 February 2014. The service will add an additional 207,000 seats per year, increasing the choice and improving the connectivity for passengers.
• AirAsia X has announced the increase of its 11 weekly flights from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur to a double daily service, commencing 25 November.
• The Kuala Lumpur - Sydney route has performed extremely well and now that an expansion of the bilateral agreement between Australia and Malaysia has been completed, these new services from both AirAsia X and Malaysian Airlines will cater for increasing demand.