1-May-2012 10:43 AM
Australia's domestic pax numbers up 4.7% in Feb-2012, load factor down 1.4 ppts
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (30-Apr-2012) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines in Feb-2012:
- Passenger numbers: 4.2 million, +4.7% year-on-year;
- Top 10 domestic city pairs:
- Melbourne-Sydney: 627,000, -0.3%;
- Brisbane-Sydney: 328,500, -2.4%;
- Brisbane-Melbourne: 221,300, +5.5%;
- Gold Coast-Sydney: 179,800, +2.4%;
- Adelaide-Melbourne: 165,000, -5.3%;
- Melbourne-Perth: 146,600, +10.6%;
- Perth-Sydney: 136,000, +8.2%;
- Adelaide-Sydney: 131,300, -3.3%;
- Gold Coast-Melbourne: 130,200, +8.1%;
- Hobart-Melbourne: 98,700, -3.3%;
- Load factor: 74.2%, -1.4 ppts;
- Melbourne-Sydney: 80.5%, -4.2 ppts;
- Brisbane-Sydney: 75.9%, -2.7 ppts;
- Brisbane-Melbourne: 70.5%, -5.0 ppts;
- Gold Coast-Sydney: 84.2%, -5.9 ppts;
- Adelaide-Melbourne: 79.3%, -6.3 ppts;
- Melbourne-Perth: 77.3%, +1.1 ppts;
- Perth-Sydney: 73.2%, -3.1 ppts;
- Adelaide-Sydney: 79.6%, -3.5 ppts;
- Gold Coast-Melbourne: 76.8%, -4.4 ppts;
- Hobart-Melbourne: 82%, +2.1 ppts;
- Passenger traffic (RPKs): +6.1%;
- Capacity (seats): 5.7 million, +7.6%;
- Flights: 49,281, +7.5%. [more - original PR]