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Summary

There were 5.77 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in July 2025, compared with 5.55 million in July 2024 (up 3.9%). This is also an increase of 1.1% on pre-COVID July 2019 passenger numbers (5.70 million).

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

For the month of July 2025, there were 53.1 thousand RPT aircraft trips, a decrease of 1.9% on July 2024.

RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.61 billion for the month, compared with 6.29 billion in July 2024 (up 5.2%).

Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased to 7.93 billion in July 2025 compared to 7.72 billion in July 2024 (up 2.7%).

The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) increased from 81.5% in July 2024 to 83.4% in July 2025.

Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 25.3 thousand tonnes in July 2025, a decrease of 10.0% compared with July 2024. 

In July 2025, there were 2.36 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 3.5% from July 2024.

Fixed-wing charter operators carried 408.1 thousand passengers in July 2025, an increase of 3.1% compared with July 2024.

Summary of annual RPT activity

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