Australia’s BITRE domestic pax up 2% to 4.7m in Jun-2017

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

• Passengers: 4.7 million, +1.8% year-on-year;
  • Top ten domestic city pairs:
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 721,462, +4.5%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 382,389, +2.9%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 279,450, +0.9%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 201,055, +4.2%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 194,830, +6.5%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 149,339, -4.0%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 148,030, +1.8%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 141,263, +4.8%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 126,758, -1.5%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 120,919, +2.8%;
• Load factor: 77.4%, -0.2ppt;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 83.2%, +0.9ppt;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 83.3%, -0.1ppt;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 80.0%, -1.6ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 81.3%, -1.8ppts;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 78.3%, +1.0ppt;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 77.1%, -3.3ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 82.5%, +0.6ppt;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 79.2%, +0.2ppt;
  • Perth-Sydney: 76.4%, +0.5ppt;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 78.3%, +0.9ppt;
• RPKs: +0.4%;
• ASKs: +0.6%;
• Aircraft movements: 51,463, +0.6%;
• Seats: 6.2 million, +1.4%. [more - original PR]