The feature article examines increases in air passenger movements at Australia's capital city airports and nationwide over the past decade (1997–98 to 2007–08) and includes forecasts for future growth up to 2025–26. Total air passenger movements at all Australian airports is expected to increase at an average annual rate of 4.0 per cent and to nearly double by 2025–26.

This information sheet provides key trends in air transport services in regional Australia from 1984 to 2008, updating figures previously published in Air Transport Services in Regional Australia: Trends and Access, Report 115 (BITRE 2008) with new data from 2006 to 2008.

• Air transport Service Trends in Regional Australia (2009 Update)
  
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Australian Transport Statistics provides a short summary of a diverse range of transport statistics. Topics include employment, GDP, infrastructure expenditure, passenger and freight movements, trade, motor vehicles, fatalities and estimated greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the transport industry. Information is provided for the road, rail, maritime and aviation sectors. Data are gathered from various sources both within BITRE and external organisations.

• Australian transport statistics Yearbook 2009
  
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• Australian transport statistics Yearbook 2009–Spreadsheets
  
  
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This report presents forecasts of air passenger and aircraft movements through Australia's eight capital city airports (Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney) to 2030.

• Aircraft movements through capital city airports to 2029–30
  
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Avline provides a summary of previously released Aviation related data drawing on a range of sources including BITRE, ABS, Airservices Australian and the US Energy Information Administration. In addition, Avline provides a comparison of published airport charges at the five major capital city airports and at a selection of regional airports. Avline 2008–09 covers the financial year 2008–09 and is the first of the series to be published annually instead of biannually.

Avline 2008–09 was originally released on 3 June 2010 but was revised after computational errors were identified in Chapter 5–Airport charges. This amended version was released on 9 June 2010.

• Avline 2008–09
  
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The Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2011 provides a single comprehensive source of Australian infrastructure statistics time series statistics for measures of transport, energy, communications and water infrastructure and the use of this infrastructure in Australia.

• Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2011 

• Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2011 Tables 

• Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2011
  Part I–Infrastructure and the Economy 

• Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2011
  Part T–Transport 

• Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2011
  Part E–Energy 

• Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2011
  Part C–Communication 

• Australian Infrastructure Statistics Yearbook 2011
  Part W–Water 

Avline provides a summary of previously released Aviation related data drawing on a range of sources including BITRE, ABS, Airservices Australian and the US Energy Information Administration. In addition, Avline provides a comparison of published airport charges at the five major capital city airports and at a selection of regional airports. Avline 2009–10 covers the financial year 2009–10 and is the second of the series to be published annually instead of biannually.

• Avline 2009–10
  
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These reports summarise annual (calendar or financial year) international aircraft, passenger, freight and mail movements, flights, available seats, seat load factors and airline market shares. Details are provided for airline, country, city pair and airport.

Related information

• International airline activity—summary
• International airline activity—time series data
• International airline activity—monthly publications

This annual survey covers all Australian registered aircraft used in the commercial air transport and general aviation sectors of the Australian aviation industry. The number of aircraft is provided, hours flown and landings by type of activity and state of operation. Also included are details by power type and type of fuel. Details are provided by age of aircraft and distribution by hours flown. Sport aviation activity as reported by the relevant association is included.

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• Summary of the latest data

This report covers monthly domestic aircraft (including charter) and passenger movements, available seats, load factors, revenue passenger km and available seat km. Details are provided for the top competitive routes, the top 10 domestic airports in terms of RPT passenger movements, top 5 airports in terms of cargo movements and the top 50 regional airports. Details of charter passengers and aircraft flights where BITRE's confidentiality standards are met are also included.

Related information

• Domestic aviation activity summary
• Australian domestic aviation activity—time series
• Australian domestic aviation activity—annual publications