BITRE: Australia domestic pax down 62.9% to 1.6m in Feb-2021

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (21-Apr-2021) the following domestic traffic highlights for Australian airlines for Feb-2021:

• Passengers: 1.6 million, -62.9% year-on-year;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 138,137, -59.5%;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 132,147, -80.9%;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 68,124, -65.4%;
  • Brisbane-Cairns: 57,986, -26.7%;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 48,932, -64.1%;
  • Brisbane-Townsville: 47,416, -32.5%;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 47,297, -80.3%;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 40,985, -70.3%;
  • Ballina-Sydney: 40,967, +25.7%;
  • Brisbane-Mackay: 38,181, -34.4%;
• Passenger load factor: 58.9% -16.6pp;
  
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 74.4%, -5.5pp;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 59.7%, -23.9pp;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 82.7%, -1.8pp;
  • Brisbane-Cairns: 67.1%, -3.8pp;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 62.7%, -20.6pp;
  • Brisbane-Townsville: 68.6%, -3.1pp;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 53.3%, -22.8pp;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 72.8%, -6.7pp;
  • Ballina-Sydney: 75.5%, -8.3pp;
  • Brisbane-Mackay: 65.0%, -9.3pp;
• RPKs: -65.1%;
• ASKs: -55.3%;
• Aircraft movements: 25,936, -46.4%;
• Seats: 2.7 million, -53.4%. [more - original PR]