Australia domestic pax down 2% in Dec-2018, load factor stable at 81%

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (18-Feb-2019) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines for Dec-2018:

• Passengers: 5.1 million, -2.0% year-on-year;
  • Top ten domestic city pairs:
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 746,815, -1.4%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 407,337, -1.1%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 302,663, -2.1%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 239,752, -5.3%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 209,912, -3.0%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 194,835, +1.1%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 184,227, +1.1%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 162,980, -4.3%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 159,118, +1.8%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 152,244, -4.8%;
• Load factor: 80.6%, -0.4ppt;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 87.9%, +1.1ppts;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 86.7%, +1.3ppts;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 82.2%, -0.4ppt;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 87.9%, +0.7ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 83.0%, +2.1ppts;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 87.3%, -1.5ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 85.0%, +0.6ppt;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 85.5%, +1.6ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 77.6%, -1.0ppt;
  • Perth-Sydney: 87.7%, +0.1ppt;
• RPKs: -2.1%;
• ASKs: -1.6%;
• Aircraft movements: 51,769, -1.7%;
• Seats: 6.5 million, -2.0%. [more - original PR]