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 5.50 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in March 2026, compared with 5.09 million in March 2025 (up 8.2%). This is also an increase of 4.4% on pre-COVID March 2019 passenger numbers (5.27 million).

5.11 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in March 2026 (excluding charter operations), an increase of 7.8% compared to March 2025.

For the month of March 2026, there were 51.6 thousand RPT aircraft trips, an increase of 5.1% on March 2025.

RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.03 billion for the month, compared with 5.59 billion in March 2025 (up 7.8%).

Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased to 7.38 billion in March 2026 compared to 6.93 billion in March 2025 (up 6.5%).

The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) increased from 80.7% in March 2025 to 81.6% in March 2026.

Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 27.7 thousand tonnes in March 2026, an increase of 7.6% compared with March 2025.

In March 2026, there were 2.08 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 5.1% from March 2025.

Fixed-wing charter operators carried 392.1 thousand passengers in March 2026, an increase of 13.9% compared with March 2025.

Summary of annual RPT activity

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