International pax to/from Australia up 9% to 3.4m in Dec-2015, capacity (Seats) up 7% to 4.3m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (02-Mar-2016) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Dec-2015:

• Passenger numbers: 3.4 million, +8.5% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 4.3 million, +6.7%;
• Flights: 16,664, +6.0%;
• Cargo volume: 89,724 tonnes, +9.6%;
• Aircraft movements: 16,901, +5.2%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• • Share of passengers carried:
  • • Qantas: 15.4%, +0.5 ppt;
    • Jetstar: 9.5%, +1.0 ppt;
    • Emirates: 9.4%, -0.4 ppt;
    • Singapore Airlines: 8.2%, -0.4 ppt;
    • Virgin Australia: 6.8%, -0.2 ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 6.8%, -0.5 ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.9%, +0.3 ppt;
    • AirAsia X: 3.9%, -0.2 ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.1%, +0.4 ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 3.1%, +0.7 ppt;
  • Share of cargo carried:
  • • Singapore Airlines: 18.1%, -0.3 ppt;
    • Qantas: 12.1%, -0.5 ppt;
    • Emirates: 11.0%, -0.5 ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 8.8%, -0.4 ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 5.6%, -0.1 ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 4.5%, -1.9 ppts;
    • Thai Airways: 3.4%, -0.5 ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 2.9%, stable;
    • Etihad Airways: 2.7%, -0.2%;
    • Federal Express Corporation: 2.2%, +1.3 ppts. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia Extra, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, and Scoot accounted for 17.9% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Dec-2015. LCC share in Dec-2014 was 16.6%.