Australia’s BITRE domestic pax up 2% to 5.0m in Nov-2016

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reports (16-Jan-2017) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines in Nov-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 5.0 million, +2.1% year-on-year;
• Top ten domestic city pairs:
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 797,669, +4.2%;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 396,198, +1.3%;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 301,438, +2.8%;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 222,848, -2.0%;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 206,318, +3.3%;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 172,279, -3.1%;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 166,368, +8.7%;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 165,458, +3.6%;
  • Perth-Sydney: 146,942, -2.0%;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 133,597, +1.8%;
• Load factor: 79.3%, +0.2 ppt;
• • Melbourne-Sydney: 87.7%, +0.7 ppt;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 81.9%, +1.7 ppts;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 82.1%, +1.1 ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 86.5%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 82.3%, -0.3 ppt;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 80.1%, -1.4 ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 88.6%, +5.1 ppts;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 83.1%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Perth-Sydney: 81.1%, -2.3 ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 83.1%, +0.2 ppt;
• Seats: 6.4 million, +0.9%. [more - original PR]