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Australia’s domestic passenger traffic rose 1.4% in February
May 12th 2026
Airlines in Australia flew 4.41 million passengers on scheduled domestic flights in February, up from 4.35 million in-country air travellers in the same month in 2025. Read More » Capacity measured by available seats rose 3.2% in the month, Australia’s Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) said, while revenue passenger kilometres was 1.3% higher year-on-year. Passenger load factor fell 1.2 percentage points to 80.5%. Australia’s busiest domestic route - Melbourne-Sydney - recorded a 1.9% increase in passenger numbers to 639,800 for the reported 28 days. In contrast to Melbourne-Sydney, Australia’s next busiest domestic route - Brisbane-Sydney - recorded a 3.4% fall in passengers to 323,800. Passenger numbers of Australia’s third busiest route, Brisbane-Melbourne, rose 0.5% to 254,400.
