International airline activity

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

 

Year ended

December 2021

Year ended

December 2022

Change
Total passenger movements (million) 1,555,361 18,939,239 1217.7%

Summary of month on month activity

  December 2021 December 2022 Change
Passengers carried (million) 400,757 2,658,920 563.5%
Freight (tonnes) 91,234 72,257 -20.8%
Mail (tonnes) 1,938 2,461 27.0%
Available Seats (million) 886,660 3,197,215 260.6%
Flights 5,218 14,705 181.8%
Aircraft Movements 5,702 14,999 163.0%

 

 

Passengers Carried by month - December 2022