International airline activity

Summary

Sixty 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 August 2023 was 3.048 million. International passenger traffic continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Passenger traffic was 1.970 million in August 2022 and 56,357 in August 2021.

Passenger traffic for the year ended August 2023 was 32.041 million. It was 10.325 million for the year ended August 2022 and was 1.188 million for the year ended August 2021.

Total seats made available on international scheduled operations to/from Australia during August 2023 were 3.890 million – an increase of 59.5 per cent compared to August 2022. The overall seat utilisation percentage was 80.5 per cent in August 2023. It was 10.1 per cent in August 2021 and 82.7 per cent in August 2022.

Summary of year on year activity

	Year ended August 2022	Year ended August 2023	Change
Total passenger movements (million)	10.325	32.041	210.3%

Summary of month on month activity

	August 2022	August 2023	Change
Passengers carried (million)	1.970	3.048	54.8%
Freight (tonnes)	75 212	74 649	-0.7%
Mail (tonnes)	1 831	1 984	8.3%
Available Seats (million)	2.439	3.890	59.5%
Flights	10 339	15 335	48.3%
Aircraft Movements	10 721	15 763	47.0%