BITRE: Australia international pax up 3% in Aug-2019, LCCs pax share down slightly

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (31-Oct-2019) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Aug-2019:

• Passengers: 3.6 million, +2.9% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 4.4 million, -1.9%;
• Cargo: 91,640 tonnes, -7.4%;
• Flights: 17,201, -0.5%;
• Aircraft movements: 17,637, -0.9%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
  • Share of passengers carried:
    • Qantas Airways: 17.3%, +0.2ppt;
    • Jetstar Airways: 9.0%, -0.1ppt;
    • Singapore Airlines: 8.4%, +0.2ppt;
    • Virgin Australia: 6.9%, +0.6ppt;
    • Emirates Airline: 6.9%, -1.1ppts;
    • Air New Zealand: 6.4%, +0.2ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific: 4.4%, stable;
    • Qatar Airways: 3.5%, +0.2ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 2.9%, +0.5ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 2.9%, -0.4ppt;
  • Share of cargo carried:
    • Singapore Airlines: 16.6%, +0.2ppt;
    • Qantas Airways: 11.7%, -0.7ppt;
    • Emirates Airline: 7.8%, +0.2ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific: 6.6%, -0.2ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 5.8%, +0.8ppt;
    • FedEx: 5.3%, +2.8ppts;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 3.3%, +0.5ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.1%, -1.2ppts;
    • Qatar Airways: 2.8%, -0.6ppt;
    • Thai Airways: 2.8%, -0.4ppt.

LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia, Scoot and Thai AirAisa X accounted for 14.4% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Aug-2019. LCC share in Aug-2019 was 14.9%. [more - original PR]