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Australia’s domestic passenger traffic slips 0.3% in July
October 6th 2026
Airlines in Australia flew 5.33 million passengers on scheduled domestic flights in July, down from 5.33 million in-country air travellers in the same month in 2025. Read More » Capacity measured by available seats fell 0.5% in the month, Australia’s Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) said, while revenue passenger kilometres were 0.5% lower year-on-year. Passenger load factor fell 0.2 of a percentage point to 83.2%. Despite the decline in July, domestic passenger numbers were up 1.8% through the first seven months of 2026 at 60.7 million. Australia’s busiest domestic route - Melbourne-Sydney - recorded a 2.4% decrease in passenger numbers to 665,400 for the reported 31 days. The number of seats on the route was down 3.6% compared with a year ago. As a consequence, passenger load factor jumped 1.1 percentage points to 84.5%.
