International pax to/from Australia up 9% in May-2013, capacity (seats) up 8%

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (01-Aug-2013) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in May-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 2.3 million, +8.5% year-on-year;
• • Available seats: 3.3 million, +7.5%;
  • Flights: 13,155, +5.9%;
  • Cargo volume: 73,093 tonnes, +3.0%;
  • Aircraft movements: 13,831, +4.4%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• Share of passengers carried:
• • Qantas: 17.2%, -1.2 ppts;
  • Emirates: 9.7%, +1.4 ppts;
  • Singapore Airlines: 8.8%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Virgin Australia: 8.5%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Jetstar: 7.4%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 7.1%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific: 4.6%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 4.2%, +0.6 ppt;
  • AirAsia X: 3.3%, +0.3 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 3.0%, -0.6 ppt;
• Share of cargo carried:
• • Qantas: 15.8%, -1.1 ppts;
  • Singapore Airlines: 15.5%, +0.6 ppt;
  • Emirates: 12.9%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Cathay Pacific: 7.3%, -1.5 ppts;
  • Malaysia Airlines: 5.8%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Thai Airways: 4.9%, +0.6 ppt;
  • Air New Zealand: 4.8%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Etihad Airways: 3.4%, +0.5 ppt;
  • UPS: 2.6%, stable;
  • Jetstar: 2.2%, -0.3 ppt.

BITRE also reported (01-Aug-2013) LCCs - AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Tiger Airways and Scoot accounted for 13.9% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in May-2013. The LCC share in May-2012 was 12.6%. The Qantas group - Qantas Airways (17.2%), Jetstar (7.4%) and JetstarAsia (0.4%) accounted for 25% of total passenger carriage in May-2013.The group's share in May-2012 was 26.7%. [more - original PR]