International pax to/from Australia up 10% to 3.4m in Mar-2018, capacity (Seats) up 5% to 4.5m

1 June, 2018

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (01-Jun-2018) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Mar-2018:

  • Passengers: 3.4 million, +10.2% year-on-year;
  • Available seats: 4.5 million, +4.8%;
  • Flights: 17,005, +5.2%;
  • Cargo: 99,024 tonnes, +3.0%;
  • Aircraft movements: 17,380, +5.7%;
  • Top 10 international carriers:
    • Share of passengers carried:
      • Qantas: 16.9%, +0.5ppt;
      • Jetstar: 9.4%, +0.1ppt;
      • Emirates: 7.8%, -0.5ppt;
      • Singapore Airlines: 7.8%, -0.3ppt;
      • Air New Zealand: 7.3%, -0.1ppt;
      • Virgin Australia: 6.0%, +0.1ppt;
      • Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.6%, -0.2ppt;
      • AirAsia X: 3.0%, +0.1ppt;
      • China Southern Airlines: 3.0%, +0.1ppt;
      • Etihad Airways: 2.8%, +2.8ppts;
    • Share of cargo carried:
      • Singapore Airlines: 15.8%, -0.5ppt;
      • Qantas: 11.5%, -1.2ppts;
      • Emirates: 8.0%, -2.1ppts;
      • Cathay Pacific Airways: 6.3%, -0.9ppt;
      • Air New Zealand: 5.5%, stable;
      • Qatar Airways: 4.1%, +1.1ppts;
      • Thai Airways: 3.4%, +0.2ppt;
      • Etihad Airways: 3.2%, stable;
      • China Southern Airlines: 3.2%, +0.2ppt;
      • Malaysia Airlines: 3.0%, -0.5%. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia and Scoot Tigerair accounted for 15.8% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Mar-2018. LCC share in Mar-2017 was 17.2%.