• Summary
• Time series
• Monthly publications
• International airlines operated flights and seats
• Annual publications

Summary

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

International scheduled passenger traffic in December 2022 was 2.659 million. International passenger traffic continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Passenger traffic was 400,757 in December 2021 and 4.039 million in December 2019.

Passenger traffic for the year ended December 2022 was 18.939 million which is a 55.4 per cent decrease over the figure for the year ended December 2019 (42.508 million). Passenger traffic in the year ended December 2021 was 1.555 million.

Total seats made available on international scheduled operations to/from Australia during December 2022 were 3.197 million – a decrease of 35.7 per cent compared to December 2019. The overall seat utilisation percentage was 83.2 per cent in December 2019 and 45.2 per cent in December 2021. It has increased to 85.6 per cent in December 2022.

Summary of year on year activity

Summary of month on month activity