International pax to/from Australia up 5% to 3.8m in Dec-2017, capacity (Seats) up 5% to 4.8m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (02-Mar-2018) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Dec-2017:

• Passengers: 3.8 million, +4.6% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 4.8 million, +4.9%;
• Flights: 18,179, +4.5%;
• Cargo: 105,771 tonnes, +13.6%;
• Aircraft movements: 18,457, +4.2%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
  • Share of passengers carried:
    • Qantas: 15.9%, +0.7ppt;
    • Emirates: 8.6%, -0.5pps;
    • Jetstar: 8.2%, -0.8ppt;
    • Singapore Airlines: 7.8%, -0.1ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 6.4%, stable;
    • Virgin Australia: 5.9%, +0.1ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.6%, +0.1ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.8%, +0.6ppt;
    • AirAsia X: 3.7%, -0.5ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 3.1%, -0.1ppt;
  • Share of cargo carried:
    • Singapore Airlines: 15.6%, -0.1ppt;
    • Qantas: 10.8%, -1.3ppts;
    • Emirates: 8.2%, -1.6ppts;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 7.0%, -0.4ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 4.7%, -0.9ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 4.1%, +0.7ppt;
    • Thai Airways: 3.2%, -0.5ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 3.0%, -0.5%;
    • China Eastern Airlines: 2.8%, +0.5%;
    • Qatar Airways: 2.7%, stable.

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia and Scoot Tigerair accounted for 15.1% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Dec-2017. LCC share in Dec-2016 was 17.5%. [more - original PR]