Domestic aviation activity
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Summary
There were 5.97 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in October 2025, compared with 5.76 million in October 2024 (up 3.5%). This is also an increase of 0.9% on pre-COVID October 2019 passenger numbers (5.91 million).
5.57 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in October 2025 (excluding charter operations), an increase of 3.7% compared to October 2024.
For the month of October 2025, there were 52.8 thousand RPT aircraft trips, virtually no change compared to October 2024.
RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.77 billion for the month, compared with 6.46 billion in October 2024 (up 4.7%).
Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased to 7.90 billion in October 2025 compared to 7.47 billion in October 2024 (up 5.9%).
The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) decreased from 86.6% in October 2024 to 85.6% in October 2025.
Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 27.3 thousand tonnes in October 2025, a decrease of 4.9% compared with October 2024.
In October 2025, there were 2.34 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 3.9% from October 2024.
Fixed-wing charter operators carried 393.7 thousand passengers in October 2025, an increase of 0.6% compared with October 2024.
Summary of annual RPT activity
| YE October 2024 | YE October 2025 | % Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total passengers carried (millions) | 59.05 | 60.13 | 1.8 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres (billions) | 70.58 | 72.59 | 2.9 |
| Available seats (millions) | 74.61 | 74.24 | -0.5 |
| Available seat kilometres (billions) | 86.90 | 87.73 | 1.0 |
| Load factor % | 81.2 | 82.7 | 1.5* |
| Aircraft trips (000s) | 616.4 | 601.4 | -2.4 |
* percentage point difference