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Australia’s domestic airline market suffered 67% decline in January
March 26th 2021
Australia's domestic carriers flew 1.7 million passengers in the first month of 2021, down 67.6% from 5.1 million a year ago as travel restrictions ate into peak summer demand, the country's Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) has reported. Read More » Capacity declined 54.1% year-on-year in February with passenger load factor coming in at 22.1 percentage points lower, at 59.9%. The busiest Australian domestic route in January was Gold Coast-Melbourne with 125,700 passengers. Melbourne-Sydney, traditionally one of the world's busiest city pairs, transported 33,400 passengers in January, a 95.5% collapse from 742,800 air travellers in the same month in 2020.
