Australia’s BITRE domestic pax up 3% to 5.0m in Jan-2017

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (21-Mar-2017) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines in Jan-2017:

• Passenger numbers: 5.0 million, +2.8% year-on-year;
• Top ten domestic city pairs:
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 709,467, +1.6%;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 372,217, +2.8%;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 293,092, +2.7%;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 262,496, -2.4%;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 197,640, +5.6%;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 195,291, +4.3%;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 192,229, +1.7%;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 164,884, +1.5%;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 161,092, +9.0%;
  • Perth-Sydney: 157,653, +0.2%;
• Load factor: 79.2%, +2.2ppts;
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 83.5%, -0.9ppt;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 77.8%, -0.1ppt;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 78.5%, +1.0ppt;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 88.9%, -0.5ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 80.6%, +4.6ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 85.0%, +3.0ppts;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 86.9%, -0.9ppt;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 82.9%, +5.4ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 80.1%, +0.4ppt;
  • Perth-Sydney: 87.5%, +0.5ppt;
• RPKs: +2.7%;
• ASKs: -0.1%;
• Aircraft movements: 50,942, +0.7%;
• Seats: 6.5 million, +0.4%. [more - original PR]