Domestic aviation activity

Information and data on domestic aviation can be found at the following links.

• Australian domestic aviation activity—monthly publications
• Australian domestic aviation activity—time series
• Australian domestic aviation activity—annual publications

Below are graphs and summary analysis relating to domestic aviation activity.      

Summary

There were 5.10 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in June 2026 compared with 5.05 million in June 2025 (up 1.0%). This is an increase of 3.7% on pre-COVID June 2019 passenger numbers (4.92 million).

4.69 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in June 2026 (excluding charter operations), a decrease of 0.1% compared with June 2025.

For the month of June 2026 there were 47.6 thousand RPT aircraft trips, a decrease of 2.3% on June 2025.

For the year ending June 2026 there were 60.75 million RPT passengers, an increase of 2.2% on the year ending June 2025.

RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 5.64 billion for the month, compared with 5.69 billion in June 2025 (down 0.8%).

Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), decreased to 6.92 billion in June 2026 compared with 7.10 billion in June 2025 (down 2.5%).

The industry-wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) increased from 80.1% in June 2025 to 81.5% in June 2026. 

Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 27.3 thousand tonnes in June 2026, an increase of 4.3% compared with June 2025. 

In June 2026 there were 2.08 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 0.1% from June 2025. 

Fixed-wing charter operators carried 409.9 thousand passengers in June 2026, an increase of 15.8% compared with June 2025.

Summary of annual RPT activity

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