Further down this page are graphs and summary analysis relating to domestic aviation activity. Additional information can also be found at the following links:

• Time series data
• Australian Domestic Aviation Activity—Monthly Publications
• Australian Domestic Aviation Activity—Annual Publications
• Domestic Aviation Activity—Cities and Regions

Summary

There were 5.66 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in December 2025, compared with 5.42 million in December 2024 (up 4.6%). 

This is also an increase of 3.3% on pre-COVID December 2019 passenger numbers (5.48 million).

5.30 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in December 2025 (excluding charter operations), an increase of 4.0% compared to December 2024.

For the month of December 2025, there were 51.6 thousand RPT aircraft trips, an increase of 3.4% on December 2024.

RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.45 billion for the month, compared with 6.22 billion in December 2024 (up 3.7%).

Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased to 7.81 billion in December 2025 compared to 7.42 billion in December 2024 (up 5.3%).

The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) decreased from 83.8% in December 2024 to 82.6% in December 2025.

Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 30.2 thousand tonnes in December 2025, an increase of 5.4% compared with December 2024. 

In December 2025, there were 2.17 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 4.4% from December 2024.

Fixed-wing charter operators carried 363.4 thousand passengers in December 2025, an increase of 13.3% compared with December 2024.

Summary of annual RPT activity

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