Australia’s BITRE: Domestic pax up 2% to 4.9m in Apr-2017

Australia’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Region Economics (BITRE) reported (16-Jun-2017) the following traffic highlights for Australian domestic airlines for Apr-2017:

• Passengers: 4.9 million, +2.1% year-on-year;
  • Top ten domestic city pairs:
    • Melbourne-Sydney: 727,051, +0.4%;
    • Brisbane-Sydney: 384,014, -0.5%;
    • Brisbane-Melbourne: 291,176, +5.5%;
    • Gold Coast-Sydney: 234,763, +3.7%;
    • Adelaide-Melbourne: 202,681, -1.9%;
    • Melbourne-Perth: 175,969, +1.6%;
    • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 169,924, +11.8%;
    • Adelaide-Sydney: 159,593, -0.4%;
    • Perth-Sydney: 147,281, -0.8%;
    • Hobart-Melbourne: 140,251, +8.2%;
• Load factor: 79.5%, +2.4ppts;
  • Melbourne-Sydney: 85.3%, +3.3ppts;
  • Brisbane-Sydney: 81.9%, -0.8ppt;
  • Brisbane-Melbourne: 80.4%, +3.0ppts;
  • Gold Coast-Sydney: 85.0%, -0.9ppt;
  • Adelaide-Melbourne: 81.0%, -1.8ppts;
  • Melbourne-Perth: 86.6%, +7.2ppt;
  • Gold Coast-Melbourne: 85.2%, +7.3ppts;
  • Adelaide-Sydney: 82.2%, -2.6ppts;
  • Perth-Sydney: 84.8%, +1.4ppts;
  • Hobart-Melbourne: 85.7%, +3.1ppts;
• RPKs: +2.6%;
• ASKs: -0.6%;
• Aircraft movements: 51,561, -2.3%;
• Seats: 6.3 million, -0.5%. [more - original PR]