There were 4.61 million passengers carried on Australian domestic airlines (including regional operations) in April 2012, marginally fewer than the number carried in April 2011, according to figures compiled by the the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE).
The number of passengers carried in the year ending April 2012 was 54.64 million, an increase of 0.1 per cent on the year ending April 2011. Passenger numbers continued to be affected by the removal and then slow build up of services by Tiger Airways after its grounding in July 2011.
Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) were 5.43 billion for April, up 1.4 per cent on April 2011. Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased 3.3 per cent compared with April 2011 to a total of 7.01 billion.
With capacity increasing and passenger traffic static, the industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) decreased from 78.9 per cent in April 2011 to 77.5 per cent in April 2012.
Seat utilisation on individual routes decreased on 38 of the 53 routes for which data is available in both years.
The number of aircraft trips increased 2.6 per cent, from 50 519 in April 2011 to 51 809 in April 2012.
For the month of April 2012, Melbourne–Sydney remained Australia’s busiest route with 645,501 passengers, a decrease of 3.3 per cent compared with April 2011. It was followed by Brisbane–Sydney with 355,350 passengers (down 5.6 per cent) and Brisbane–Melbourne with 263,907 passengers (down 1.8 per cent).
The greatest percentage increase in passenger numbers, compared to April 2011, was on the Perth–Port Hedland route (up 39.9 per cent). There alsowere large increases on a number of other routes, including Newman–Perth (up 39.5 per cent), Brisbane–Mackay (up 17.9 per cent) and Brisbane–Proserpine (up 17.8 per cent).
Routes with traffic decreases in April 2012 compared with April 2011, included Melbourne–Sunshine Coast (down 27.7 per cent), Sunshine Coast–Sydney (down 20.6 per cent), Adelaide–Melbourne (down 14.2 per cent) and Melbourne–Newcastle (down 13.2 per cent).
There were 4.61 million passengers carried on Australian domestic airlines (including regional operations) in April 2012, marginally fewer than the number carried in April 2011, according to figures compiled by the the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE).
The number of passengers carried in the year ending April 2012 was 54.64 million, an increase of 0.1 per cent on the year ending April 2011. Passenger numbers continued to be affected by the removal and then slow build up of services by Tiger Airways after its grounding in July 2011.
Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) were 5.43 billion for April, up 1.4 per cent on April 2011. Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased 3.3 per cent compared with April 2011 to a total of 7.01 billion.
With capacity increasing and passenger traffic static, the industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) decreased from 78.9 per cent in April 2011 to 77.5 per cent in April 2012.
Seat utilisation on individual routes decreased on 38 of the 53 routes for which data is available in both years.
The number of aircraft trips increased 2.6 per cent, from 50 519 in April 2011 to 51 809 in April 2012.
For the month of April 2012, Melbourne–Sydney remained Australia’s busiest route with 645,501 passengers, a decrease of 3.3 per cent compared with April 2011. It was followed by Brisbane–Sydney with 355,350 passengers (down 5.6 per cent) and Brisbane–Melbourne with 263,907 passengers (down 1.8 per cent).
The greatest percentage increase in passenger numbers, compared to April 2011, was on the Perth–Port Hedland route (up 39.9 per cent). There alsowere large increases on a number of other routes, including Newman–Perth (up 39.5 per cent), Brisbane–Mackay (up 17.9 per cent) and Brisbane–Proserpine (up 17.8 per cent).
Routes with traffic decreases in April 2012 compared with April 2011, included Melbourne–Sunshine Coast (down 27.7 per cent), Sunshine Coast–Sydney (down 20.6 per cent), Adelaide–Melbourne (down 14.2 per cent) and Melbourne–Newcastle (down 13.2 per cent).