On 12 June 2020, Australia‘s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reported the following key international traffic statistics:
- Total seats made available on international scheduled operations to/from Australia during April 2020 were 235,348 – a decrease of 94.6 per cent compared to April 2019.
- The Qantas group – Qantas Airways, Jetstar (nil) and Jetstar Asia (nil) accounted for 2.9 per cent of total passenger carriage in April 2020. The group’s share in April 2019 was 26.5 per cent.
- General highlights:
Passengers: 69,476, -98.0% year-on-year;
Available seats: 235,348, -94.6%;
Cargo: 54,512 tonnes, -35.5%;
Flights: 2474, -85.3%;
Aircraft movements: 2560, -85.2%;
Top 10 international carriers:
Share of passengers carried:
Qatar Airways: 44.5%, +41.5pp;
Air New Zealand: 4.8%, -2.0pp;
United Airlines: 4.8%, +3.6pp;
All Nippon Airways: 4.3%, +4.0pp;
Asiana Airlines: 3.3%, +2.8pp;
Malaysia Airlines: 3.2%, +0.6pp;
Garuda Indonesia: 3.2%, +1.8pp;
British Airways: 3.1%, +2.7pp;
Qantas Airways: 2.9%, -14.9pp;
China Southern Airlines: 2.8%, -0.3pp;
Share of cargo carried:
Singapore Airlines: 12.4%, -4.1pp;
FedEx: 10.9%, +7.0pp;
Qantas Airways: 10.5%, -1.0pp;
Cathay Pacific: 9.8%, +2.3pp;
Emirates Airline: 7.1%, -1.0pp;
Qatar Airways: 6.3%, +3.5pp;
Malaysia Airlines: 5.5%, +1.4pp;
UPS: 4.1%, +2.0pp;
Tasman Cargo Airlines: 3.2%, +1.9pp;
Air China: 3.2%, +2.6pp.
Qatar Airways said in a statement last week, “While many airlines operating to Australia suspended operations, leaving people stranded, Qatar Airways added an additional 28 weekly flights (approximately 48,000 extra seats) on top of its regular 21 weekly flights during April to help take people home.
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