International airline activity

Summary

Sixty-two international airlines operated scheduled services to/from Australia during the month (includes three dedicated freight airlines but excludes airlines operating only via code share arrangements).

International scheduled passenger traffic in February 2025 was 3.349 million. Passenger traffic was 3.210 million in February 2024 (leap year) and 2.426 million in February 2023.

Passenger traffic for the year ended February 2025 was 42.060 million. It was 37.409 million for the year ended February 2024 and was 23.588 million for the year ended February 2023.

Total seats made available on international scheduled operations to/from Australia during February 2025 were 4.357 million – an increase of 4.4 per cent compared to February 2024. The overall seat utilisation percentage was 78.8 per cent in February 2025. It was 81.3 per cent in February 2023 and also 78.8 per cent in February 2024.

Summary of year on year activity

  Year ended February 2024 Year ended February 2025 Change
Total passenger movements (million) 37.409 42.060 12.4%

Summary of month on month activity

  February2024 February2025 Change
Passengers carried (million) 3.210 3.349 4.3%
Freight (tonnes) 82 750 84 648 2.3%
Mail (tonnes) 1 910 1 865 -2.4%
Available Seats (million) 4.174 4.357 4.4%
Flights 16 111 16 597 3.0%
Aircraft Movements 16 526 17 085 3.4%
Passengers carried by month (millions)