14-Apr-2016 11:43 AM
International pax to/from Australia up 5% to 34.9m in 2015, capacity (seats) up 2% to 44.8m
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (14-Apr-2016) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for the 12 months ended Dec-2015:
- Passenger numbers: 34.9 million, +5.2% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 44.8 million, +1.5%;
- Flights: 176,349, +0.5%;
- Freight: 978,857, +8.9%;
- Mail: 37,358, -9.9%;
- Aircraft movements: 179,772, -1.0%;
- Share of operated seats by region:
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- Southeast Asia: 37.4%;
- New Zealand: 20.0%;
- Northeast Asia: 16.2%;
- North America: 8.7%;
- Middle East: 10.5%;
- Oceania: 5.3%;
- Africa: 1.1%;
- South America: 0.4%;
- South Asia: 0.3%;
- Top 10 countries by passenger movements:
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
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- Qantas: 15.7%;
- Emirates: 9.8%;
- Jetstar: 8.9%;
- Singapore Airlines: 8.6%;
- Virgin Australia: 7.7%;
- Air New Zealand: 7.4%;
- Cathay Pacific: 5.1%;
- Malaysia Airlines: 1.4%;
- Airasia X: 3.5%;
- Etihad Airways: 2.5%;
- Others: 26.6%;
- LCCs share: 16.4%, -0.1 ppt. [more - original PR]