International pax to/from Australia up 7% to 2.9m in May-2017, capacity (Seats) up 3.9% to 4.0m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (31-Jul-2017) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for May-2017:

• Passengers: 2.9 million, +6.7% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 4.0 million, +3.9%;
• Flights: 15,439, +2.5%;
• Cargo: 90,490 tonnes, +9.2%;
• Aircraft movements: 15,755, +2.8%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
  • Share of passengers carried:
    • Qantas: 16.2%, stable;
    • Jetstar: 9.6%, -0.6ppt;
    • Emirates: 8.1%, -0.8ppt;
    • Singapore Airlines: 7.9%, stable;
    • Air New Zealand: 6.6%, stable;
    • Virgin Australia: 6.2%, +0.1ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.7%, -0.7ppt;
    • AirAsia X: 4.3%, +0.8ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.0%, +0.3ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 3.0%, +0.4ppt;
  • Share of cargo carried:
    • Singapore Airlines: 17.3%, +0.3ppt;
    • Qantas: 12.1%, -1.1ppts;
    • Emirates: 10.6%, -1.8ppts;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 7.2%, -0.4ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 5.3%, +0.6ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 3.6%, +0.4ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.5%, +0.3ppt;
    • Thai Airways: 3.4%, stable;
    • Qatar Aiways: 2.9%, +0.1ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 2.8%, +0.2ppt. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia and Scoot accounted for 17.8% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in May-2017. LCC share in May-2016 was 19.1%.