Australia’s BITRE domestic pax up 3% to 4.6m in Jun-2016

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reports (16-Aug-2016) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines in Jun-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 4.6 million, +3.3% year-on-year;
• Top ten domestic city pairs:
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 690,168, +4.3%;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 371,664, +6.5%;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 276,902, +7.0%;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 192,917, +3.1%;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 182,931, +4.4%;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 155,588, +0.5%;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 145,401, +9.9%;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 134,753, +4.8%;
  • Perth-Sydney: 128,710, -0.5%;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 117,581, +11.4%;
• Load factor: 77.6%, +4.8 ppts;
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 82.3%, +7.2 ppts;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 83.4%, +7.9 ppts;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 81.6%, +8.3 ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 83.1%, +6.2 ppts;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 77.3%, +5.6 ppts;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 80.4%, +9.8 ppt;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 81.9%, +2.6 ppts;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 79.0%, +10.2 ppts;
  • Perth-Sydney: 75.9%, +5.7 ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 77.4%, +1.9 ppts;
• Seats: 6.1 million, -3.1%. [more - original PR]