International pax to/from Australia up 2% to 3.1m in Mar-2017, capacity (seats) up 6% to 4.3m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported (31-May-2017) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for Mar-2017:

• Passengers: 3.1 million, +1.7% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 4.3 million, +6.2%;
• Flights: 16,155, +3.3%;
• Cargo: 96,220 tonnes, +9.6%;
• Aircraft movements: 16,155, +3.3%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
  • Share of passengers carried:
    • Qantas: 16.4%, +0.8ppt;
    • Jetstar: 9.3%, -0.4ppt;
    • Emirates: 8.3%, -1.0ppt;
    • Singapore Airlines: 8.2%, +0.2ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 7.4%, -0.3ppt;
    • Virgin Australia: 5.9%, -0.8ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 4.9%, -0.4ppt;
    • AirAsia X: 4.1%, +0.5ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 3.1%, +0.2ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 2.9%, -0.1ppt;
  • Share of cargo carried:
    • Singapore Airlines: 16.3%, -1.3ppts;
    • Qantas: 12.8%, -1.0ppt;
    • Emirates: 10.0%, -2.8ppts;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 7.2%, -0.3ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 5.5%, +0.4ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 3.5%, +1.0ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 3.2%, +0.2ppt;
    • Thai Airways: 3.2%, -0.3ppt;
    • Qatar Aiways: 3.0%, +0.5ppt;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.0%, -0.2ppt. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia and Scoot accounted for 17.2% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Mar-2017. LCC share in Mar-2016 was 17.8%.