International pax to/from Australia up 5% in Sep-2012, cargo up 2%

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (04-Dec-2012) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Sep-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 2.5 million, +5.4% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 3.2 million, +2.5%;
• Flights: 13,094, +2.0%;
• Cargo volume: 72,538 tonnes, +1.6%;
• Aircraft movements: 13,962, +3.8%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• Share of passengers carried:
  • Qantas: 17.5%, -0.7 ppt;
  • Singapore Airlines: 9.4%, +0.4 ppt;
  • Emirates: 8.5%, +0.6 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 8.4%, stable;
  • Jetstar: 8.3%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 7.8%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific: 4.5%, -0.5 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 3.7%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 3.5%, -0.8 ppt;
  • AirAsia X: 2.8%, +0.8 ppt;
• Share of cargo carried:
  • Qantas: 16.1%, -0.7 ppt;
  • Singapore Airlines: 15.5%, -0.5 ppt;
  • Emirates: 12.3%, +1.3 ppts;
  • Cathay Pacific: 8.0%, -2.2 ppts;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 6.3%, +0.8 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 4.9%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 4.2%, -1.2 ppts;
  • Jetstar: 3.0%, +0.6 ppt;
  • UPS: 2.7%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Etihad Airways: 2.6%, +0.2 ppt. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported low-cost carriers AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tiger Airways and Scoot accounted for 14.2% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Sept-2012. LCC share in Sept-2011 was 18.8%. The decrease of 4.6 ppts from Sept-2011 to Sept-2012 is mainly due to Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue being counted as LCCs to Nov-2011 while for Dec-2011 and onwards, the rebranded Virgin Australia and Virgin Samoa are not counted as LCCs.