International pax to/from Australia up 6% in Sep-2013, capacity (seats) up 8%

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (28-Nov-2013) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Sep-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 2.7 million, +5.8% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 3.5 million, +7.7%;
• Flights: 14,121, +8.0%;
• Cargo volume: 73,100 tonnes, +1.2%;
• Aircraft movements: 14,809, +6.2%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• Share of passengers carried:
• • Qantas: 16.9%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Emirates: 9.6%, +1.1 ppts;
  • Singapore Airlines: 8.8%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 8.1%, -0.3 ppt;
  • Jetstar: 7.4%, -0.9 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 7.4%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific: 4.4%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 4.2%, +0.7 ppt;
  • AirAsia X: 3.3%, +0.5 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 3.2%, -0.5 ppt;
• Share of cargo carried:
• • Singapore Airlines: 17.1%, +1.5 ppts;
  • Qantas: 14.1%, -2.1 ppts;
  • Emirates: 11.2%, -1.1 ppts;
  • Cathay Pacific: 7.9%, +0.3 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 6.3%, stable;
  • Air New Zealand: 5.7%, +0.8 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 4.4%, +0.1 ppt;
  • Etihad Airways: 3.4%, +0.8 ppt;
  • UPS: 2.4%, -0.3 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 2.1%, +0.3 ppt.

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tigerair and Scoot accounted for 14.2% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Sep-2013. The LCC share in Sep-2012 was also 14.2%. [more - original PR]