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 July 2025 was 3.896 million. Passenger traffic was 3.570 million in July 2024 and 3.234 million in July 2023.

Passenger traffic for the year ended July 2025 was 43.336 million. It was 39.579 million for the year ended July 2024 and was 30.964 million for the year ended July 2023.

Total seats made available on international scheduled operations to/from Australia during July 2025 were 4.746 million – an increase of 8.5% compared to July 2024. The overall seat utilisation percentage was 83.7% in July 2025. It was 83.3% in July 2024 and 82.7% in July 2023.

Summary of year on year activity

  Year ended July 2024 Year ended July 2025 Change
Total passenger movements (million) 39.579 43.336 9.5%

Summary of month on month activity

  July 2024 July 2025 Change
Passengers carried (million) 3.570 3.896 9.1%
Freight (tonnes) 90 434 87 350 -3.4%
Mail (tonnes) 2 054 2 110 2.7%
Available Seats (million) 4.375 4.746 8.5%
Flights 17 249 18 664 8.2%
Aircraft Movements 17 695 19 130 8.1%
Passengers carried by month (millions)