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]
- Share of passengers carried:
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%.