23-Oct-2014 10:55 AM
International pax to/from Australia up 7% to 32.4m in FY2014, capacity (seats) up 8% to 43.7m
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (22-Oct-2014) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for the 12 months ended Jun-2014:
- Passenger numbers: 32.4 million, +6.8% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 43.7 million, +8.1%;
- Flights: 173,702, +7.8%;
- Freight: 881,232 tonnes, -0.2%;
- Mail: 40,515 tonnes, -3.7%;
- Aircraft movements: 181,244, +6.6%;
- Share of operated seats by region:
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- Southeast Asia: 40%;
- New Zealand: 19.6%;
- Northeast Asia: 15.5%;
- North America: 8.1%;
- Middle East: 9.6%;
- Oceania: 5.3%;
- Africa: 1.2%;
- South America: 0.4%;
- South Asia: 0.4%;
- Top 10 countries by passenger movements:
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
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- Qantas: 16.4%;
- Emirates: 9.5%;
- Singapore Airlines: 8.8%;
- Jetstar: 7.7%;
- Virgin Australia: 7.7%;
- Air New Zealand: 7.6%;
- Cathay Pacific: 4.7%;
- Malaysia Airlines: 4.4%;
- Airasia X: 4.2%;
- Thai Airways: 2.8%;
- Others: 26.2%;
- LCCs share: 15.5%, +1.4 ppts. [more - original PR]