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Australia’s domestic passengers increase after recent decline
July 2nd 2025
Airlines in Australia flew 5.1 million passengers on domestic flights in April, up 3.2% from the 4.9 million air travellers they transported a year ago. Read More » In the previous two months, passengers carried had declined year-on-year. While passengers flown returned to expansion in April, Australia’s domestic airlines continued their cautious approach to capacity in the 30 days with total seats available dipping 2.6%. Available seats declined year-on-year in the first four months of 2025, Australia’s Bureau of Research Infrastructure and Transport Economics (BITRE) reports. Passenger load factor jumped 5.2 percentage points to 82.8%, the 10th consecutive month domestic passenger load factor has exceeded 80%. Passengers carried on Australia’s busiest domestic route - Melbourne to Sydney - rose 5.2% to 675,100 air travellers in the month, BITRE said.
