Latest Australian airfreight figures released

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Friday, 18 June 2010

Airfreight carried on international flights to and from Australia  for 2008-09 totalled 709,374 tonnes, down 9.2 per cent on 2007–08, reflecting the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC), according to the latest Avline BITRE data from the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

This comprised 398,362 tonnes (or 56.2 per cent) inbound freight (down 16.0 per cent on 2007–08) and 311,013 tonnes (or 43.8 per cent) outbound freight (up 1.3 per cent on 2007–08).

Except for January and February 2009, inbound freight now has exceeded outbound freight since June 2003.

In 2008–09, total monthly freight peaked at 64,204 tonnes in October 2008, a 5.6 per cent decline on October 2007. January 2009 was the month of lowest total freight volume at 52, 577 tonnes, a reduction of 13.2 per cent on January 2008. Total international air freight has recorded month-on-month decreases from August 2008 to June 2009.

Inbound freight recorded month-on-month decreases of more than 20 per cent for December 2008 to May 2009.

Australian airline Qantas carried the greatest single share (21.8 per cent) of freight in 2008–09, followed by Singapore Airlines (16.2 per cent) and Cathay Pacific Airways (10.2 per cent).

The Sydney–Auckland route had the single largest share (7.5 per cent) of all air freight in and out of Australia, followed by Melbourne–Singapore (7.2 per cent) and Sydney–Hong Kong (6.2 per cent).