Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (21-Jul-2021) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for May-2021:
- Passengers: 214,246, -93.3% compared to May-2019;
- Available seats: 816,048, -80.5%;
- Cargo: 76,183 tonnes, -17.6%;
- Flights: 5134, -68.4%;
- Aircraft movements: 5318, -68.2%;
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
- Air New Zealand: 49.0%, +36.5pp year-on-year;
- Qantas Airways: 22.6%, +19.2pp;
- Jetstar Airways: 6.7%, +6.7pp;
- Singapore Airlines: 5.7%, +3.8pp;
- Qatar Airways: 3.9%, -30.4pp;
- Emirates Airline: 1.9%, +1.4pp;
- United Airlines: 1.3%, -3.4pp;
- China Southern Airlines: 1.2%, -3.7pp;
- Etihad Airways: 0.9%, +0.3pp;
- American Airlines: 0.9%, +0.9pp;
- Share of cargo carried:
- Singapore Airlines: 12.9%, +2.0pp;
- Qantas Airways: 9.7%, -0.2pp;
- FedEx: 8.5%, -1.6pp;
- Emirates Airline: 7.5%, +0.4pp;
- Qatar Airways: 7.0%, -0.4pp;
- Kalitta Air: 7.0%, +2.1pp;
- Tasman Cargo Airlines: 4.7%, +1.3pp;
- Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.6%, -5.9pp;
- Air New Zealand: 4.1%, +1.1pp;
- Malaysia Airlines: 4.0%, -0.6pp.
- Share of passengers carried:
LCCs Jetstar Airways and Scoot accounted for 7.2% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in May-2021. The LCC share in May-2019 was 14.3%. [more - original PR]