BITRE: Australia domestic pax down 58.6% in Dec-2020

17 February, 2021

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (17-Feb-2021) the following domestic traffic highlights for Australian airlines for Dec-2020:

  • Passengers: 2.2 million, -58.6% year-on-year;
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 182,987, -75.8%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 132,589, -57.9%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 120,935, -70.4%;
    • Brisbane-Cairns: 92,584, -15.9%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 78,612, -60.3%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 62,656, -69.8%;
    • Brisbane-Townsville: 61,765, -29.7%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 54,892, -77.8%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 54,520, -65.3%;
    • Ballina-Sydney: 52,850, +28.3%;
  • Passenger load factor: 62.0% -21.8pp;
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 59.0%, -28.9pp;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 78.2%, -7.6pp;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 62.9%, -23.8pp;
    • Brisbane-Cairns: 81.6%, -3.7pp;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 81.8%, -6.0pp;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 70.5%, -11.2pp;
    • Brisbane-Townsville: 72.8%, -9.4pp;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 66.9%, -21.2pp;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 64.6%, -13.6pp;
    • Ballina-Sydney: 67.8%, -17.5pp;
  • RPKs: -59.0%;
  • ASKs: -48.6%;
  • Aircraft movements: 30,250, -42.0%;
  • Seats: 3.4 million, -47.8%. [more-original PR]