Australia’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (26-May-2017) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia for 2016:
- Passengers: 37.6 million, +7.9% year-on-year;
- Available seats: 49.3 million, +9.9%;
- Flights: 190,376, +8.0%;
- Freight: 1.0 million tonnes, +3.9%;
- Mail: 36,631 tonnes, -2.0%;
- Aircraft movements: 193,607, +7.7%;
- Share of operated seats by region:
- Southeast Asia: 36.0%;
- New Zealand: 19.9%;
- Northeast Asia: 17.7%;
- Middle East: 11.3%;
- North America: 8.6%;
- Oceania: 4.7%;
- Africa: 1.0%;
- South America: 0.4%;
- South Asia: 0.3%;
- Top 10 countries by passenger movements:
- New Zealand;
- Singapore;
- United Arab Emirates;
- USA;
- Indonesia;
- Hong Kong;
- China;
- Malaysia;
- Thailand;
- Japan;
- Top 10 international carriers:
- Share of passengers carried:
- Qantas:15.6%;
- Jetstar: 9.5%;
- Emirates: 8.8%;
- Singapore Airlines: 8.1%;
- Air New Zealand: 6.8%;
- Virgin Australia: 6.3%;
- Cathay Pacific: 4.9%;
- AirAsia X: 3.9%;
- Etihad Airways: 3.1%;
- China Southern Airlines: 2.9%;
- Others: 30.2%;
- LCCs share: 18.2%, +1.8ppts. [more - original PR]