BITRE reports November traffic stats

Despite the drop in November, the whole year is trending upwards, with the year ending November 30 showing 57,380,000 passengers were carried, a 1.8 per cent increase over the 56,340,000 carried to November 30 the previous year.

The busiet city pair on Australia’s RPT network remains Melbourne-Sydney, with 8,225,200 passengers flying on that route in the year to November 2013, compared to 8,012,800 in the same period in 2012. Second was Brisbane-Sydney, and third was Brisbane-Melbourne, both of which were stable, while Hobart-Melbourne rounded out the top 10.

Load factor percentages on the Melbourne-Sydney route were a healthy 85.6 per cent in November 2013 compared to 83.5 per cent the previous November, while only Brisbane-Melbourne, Melbourne-Perth and Hobart-Melbourne recorded less than 80 per cent loads. The best average load factor recorded for the month was Adelaide-Sydney with 86.4 per cent.

Sydney again led the way as Australia’s busiest airport, with 2,189,200 passengers using its facilities in November, a drop of 1.2 per cent over the previous year. Melbourne was second with 1,978,700, and Brisbane was third with 1,449,000 passengers using its terminals.