Domestic aviation activity
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Summary
There were 5.42 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in August 2025, compared with 5.32 million in August 2024 (up 1.8%).
This is also a decrease of 0.2% on pre-COVID August 2019 passenger numbers (5.43 million).
5.06 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in August 2025 (excluding charter operations), an increase of 2.2% compared to August 2024.
For the month of August 2025, there were 51.0 thousand RPT aircraft trips, a decrease of 0.1% on August 2024.
RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.13 billion for the month, compared with 5.99 billion in August 2024 (up 2.3%).
Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased to 7.45 billion in August 2025 compared to 7.19 billion in August 2024 (up 3.6%).
The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) decreased from 83.3% in August 2024 to 82.3% in August 2025.
Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 24.4 thousand tonnes in August 2025, a decrease of 10.6% compared with August 2024.
In August 2025, there were 2.23 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 2.1% from August 2024.
Fixed-wing charter operators carried 353.1 thousand passengers in August 2025, a decrease of 4.3% compared with August 2024.
Summary of annual RPT activity
| YE August 2024 | YE August 2025 | % Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total passengers carried (millions) | 58.83 | 59.82 | 1.7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres (billions) | 70.26 | 72.12 | 2.6 |
| Available seats (millions) | 74.76 | 73.63 | -1.5 |
| Available seat kilometres (billions) | 87.06 | 86.87 | -0.2 |
| Load factor % | 80.7 | 83.0 | 2.3* |
| Aircraft trips (000s) | 617.3 | 600.5 | -2.7 |
* percentage point difference