Information and data on domestic aviation can be found at the following links.

• Time series data
• Australian Domestic Aviation Activity—Monthly Publications
• Australian Domestic Aviation Activity—Annual Publications
• Domestic Aviation Activity—Cities and Regions

Below are graphs and summary analysis relating to domestic aviation activity.      

Summary

There were 5.51 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in April 2026, compared with 5.45 million in April 2025 (up 1.1%). This is also an increase of 2.6% on pre-COVID April 2019 passenger numbers (5.37 million).

5.12 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in April 2026 (excluding charter operations), an increase of 0.7% compared to April 2025.

For the month of April 2026, there were 51.0 thousand RPT aircraft trips, an increase of 0.7% on April 2025.

For the year ending April 2026, there were 60.82 million RPT passengers, an increase of 2.6% on the year ending April 2025.

RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.19 billion for the month, compared with 6.18 billion in April 2025 (up 0.2%).

Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased to 7.64 billion in 

April 2026 compared to 7.47 billion in April 2025 (up 2.4%).

The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) decreased from 82.7% in April 2025 to 81.0% in April 2026. 

Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 

25.8 thousand tonnes in April 2026, an increase of 0.8% compared with April 2025. 

In April 2026, there were 2.13 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 0.1% from April 2025. 

Fixed-wing charter operators carried 394.1 thousand passengers in April 2026, an increase of 6.0% compared with April 2025.

Summary of annual RPT activity

* percentage point difference

This file provides data on Regular Public Transport (RPT) Domestic Aviation Activity in Australia by sector type.

Each sector is classified using the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 based on location of the airport pair.

‘Major Cities’ covers sectors between 2 airports located in Major Cities, ‘Regional’ covers sectors where at least one airport is in an Inner Regional or Outer Regional area, but no airports are in Remote or Very remote areas and ‘Remote’ covers sectors where at least one airport is in a Remote or Very Remote location.

Data are provided for Flights, Passenger trips, Seats, Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs), Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs), Distance flown, Load factors (RPKs/ASKs), Distance per flight, Seats per flight, Number of operators and Number of sectors.

Raw data is available in the sheet called “Data”. Use the sheet called “Chart” to select a metric and see it as a chart. More information and definitions are provided in the sheet called “Notes”.

The files below contain monthly and annual details of passenger and aircraft movement data on scheduled regular Public Transport services at selected Australian airports.

This report covers monthly domestic (including charter) aircraft and passenger movements, available seats, load factors, revenue passenger kilometres and available seat kilometres. Details are provided for the top competitive routes, the top ten domestic airports in terms of RPT passenger movements, top five airports in terms of cargo movements and the top fifty regional airports. Also included are details on charter passengers and aircraft flights, where BITRE confidentiality standards are met.

This report summarises annual domestic (including regional) aircraft and passenger movements, available seats, load factors, revenue passenger kilometres and available seat kilometres. Details are provided for the top competitive routes and the major airports. Estimates of charter passengers and charter aircraft flights are included in this publication where BITRE confidentiality standards are met.

These files contain domestic aviation time series. The data cover aircraft and passenger movements, available seats, load factors, hours and kilometres flown, revenue passenger kilometres, available seat kilometres and cargo carried by domestic airlines. Details for the top competitive routes are also provided.