International airline activity
Fifty-four international scheduled airlines operated services to/from Australia during the month (includes four dedicated freight airlines but excludes airlines operating only via code share arrangements).
International scheduled passenger traffic in October 2011 was 2.471 million compared to 2.373 million in October 2010 – an increase of 4.1 per cent.
March 2011 (-1.6 per cent) recorded the only month on month decrease in traffic since March 2009.
The chart below compares monthly passenger traffic for the year ended October 2011 with monthly passenger traffic for the year ended October 2010. Passenger traffic for the year ended October 2011 was 27.946 million which is a 5.5 per cent increase over the figure for the year ended October 2010.
Total seats made available on international scheduled operations to/from Australia during October 2011 were 3.261 million – an increase of 7.7 per cent compared to October 2010. The overall seat utilisation percentage has decreased from 79.2 per cent in October 2010 to 76.7 per cent in October 2011.
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