Australia’s BITRE domestic pax down 2.5% to 5.1m in Dec-2015

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reports (18-Feb-2016) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines in Dec-2015:

• Passenger numbers: 5.1 million, +2.5% year-on-year;
• Top ten domestic city pairs:
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 733,366, +6.5%;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 401,530, +5.2%;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 304,032, +2.7%;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 243,420, +2.6%;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 198,179, +2.4%;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 195,839, +0.7%;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 170,604, +5.8%;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 167,517, +3.1%;
  • Perth-Sydney: 163,414, -1.1%;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 144,937, +7.5%;
• Load factor: 78.2%, +0.8 ppt;
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 83.8%, +0.5 ppt;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 81.7%, -2.7 ppts;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 80.6%, +1.7 ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 84.6%, +0.1 ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 79.1%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 89.2%, +11.7 ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 78.4%, -2.9 ppts;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 80.8%, +1.4 ppts;
  • Perth-Sydney: 85.4%, +1.4 ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 80.4%, +3.4 ppts;
• Seats: 6.6 million, +1.6%. [more - original PR]