7-Feb-2017 11:38 AM
International pax to/from Australia up 7% in Nov-2016, capacity up 11%
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (06-Feb-2017) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Nov-2016:
- Passenger numbers: 3.0 million, +7.1% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 4.0 million, +11.2%;
- Flights: 15,445, +8.7%;
- Cargo volume: 94,389 tonnes, +7.0%;
- Aircraft movements: 15,748, +9.1%;
- Top 10 international carriers:
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- Share of passengers carried:
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- Qantas: 15.1%, -1.2 ppts;
- Jetstar: 9.0%, +0.7 ppt;
- Emirates: 8.3%, -1.0 ppt;
- Singapore Airlines: 8.0%, -0.5 ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 7.1%, -0.4 ppt;
- Virgin Australia: 6.4%, -0.5 ppt;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 5.0%, -0.6 ppt;
- AirAsia X: 4.2%, +1.1 ppts;
- Etihad Airways: 3.0%, -0.3 ppt;
- China Southern Airlines: 2.9%, -0.1 ppt;
- Share of cargo carried:
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- Singapore Airlines: 16.6%, -1.0 ppt;
- Qantas: 12.3%, -0.4 ppt;
- Emirates: 10.5%, -2.0 ppts;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 7.5%, -0.2 ppt;
- Air New Zealand: 5.5%, +0.4 ppt;
- Malaysia Airlines: 3.6%, -0.9 ppt;
- Thai Airways: 3.6%, -0.1 ppt;
- China Southern Airlines: 3.4%, stable;
- Etihad Airways: 3.1%, +0.2 ppt;
- Qatar Airways: 2.9%, +0.9 ppt.
BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Scoot and Tigerair Australia accounted for 17.7% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Nov-2016. LCC share in Nov-2015 was 16.4%. [more - original PR]