BITRE: Australia domestic pax down 96.4% in May-2020, MEL-SYD traffic declines 97.5%

28 July, 2020

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (27-Jul-2020) the following domestic traffic highlights for Australian airlines for May-2020:

  • Passengers: 176,408, -96.4% year-on-year;
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 18,998, -97.5%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 18,716, -95.3%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 16,128, -94.2%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 8804, -94.5%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 6165, -96.9%;
    • Brisbane-Mackay: 5741, -91.2%;
    • Brisbane-Cairns: 4988, -95.2%;
    • Brisbane-Townsville: 4907, -94.3%;
    • Brisbane-Rockhampton: 3472, -92.5%;
    • Perth-Port Hedland: 2877, -91.3%;
  • Passenger load factor: 40.3% -37.1pp;
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 53.9%, -28.5pp;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 55.4%, -24pp;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 55.5%, -25.3pp;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 27.1%, -54.1pp;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 38.3%, -38.0pp;
    • Brisbane-Mackay: 56.7%, -18.0pp;
    • Brisbane-Cairns: 60.3%, -22.4pp;
    • Brisbane-Townsville: 61.9%, -11.8pp;
    • Brisbane-Rockhampton: 52.8%, -25.8pp;
    • Perth-Port Hedland: 49.8%, -10.0pp;
  • RPKs: -96.7%;
  • ASKs: -93.7%;
  • Aircraft movements: 7504, -86.2%;
  • Seats: 435,147, -93.3%. [more-original PR]