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Australia’s domestic passenger traffic increased 2.4% at mid-year
August 26th 2025
Airlines in Australia flew 4.7 million passengers on domestic flights in June, up from the 4.6 million air travellers they transported a year ago. Read More » In the month, passenger growth outpaced carriers’ cautious approach to capacity with available seats increased by a slender 0.6% and available seat kilometres expanded 1.7%. Passenger load factor was 80.1%, 1.3 percentage points higher than the 78.8% registered in the same month in 2024, the Bureau of Research Infrastructure and Transport Economics (BITRE) reports. Passengers flown on Australia’s busiest domestic route – Melbourne-Sydney – were little changed in the 30 days at 615,000 compared with 615,300 travellers in June 2024.
