Australia’s BITRE domestic pax stable at 57.5m in 2015

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reports (22-Mar-2016) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines in 2015:

• Passenger numbers: 57.5 million, stable;
• Top ten domestic city pairs:
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 8.6 million, +3.6%;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 4.5 million, +0.6%;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 3.4 million, +1.1%;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 2.6 million, +0.9%;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 2.3 million, +1.7%;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 2.1 million, -1.0%;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 1.8 million, +1.0%;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 1.8 million, +3.3%;
  • Perth-Sydney: 1.8 million, -2.1%;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 1.5 million, +6.7%
• Load factor: 76.5%, +0.2 ppt;
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 81.3%, -1.2 ppts;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 79.9%, +0.4 ppt;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 77.4%, -1.6 ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 83.6%, +2.1 ppts;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 77.9%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 77.4%, +0.8 ppt;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 78.3%, +0.3 ppt;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 83.5%, -2.2 ppts;
  • Perth-Sydney: 78.6%, -0.7 ppt;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 80.3%, +1.6 ppts;
• Seats: 76.8 million, -0.3%. [more - original PR]