Australia welcomes two million international air travellers in August

October 28th 2022

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Two million air passengers flew into and from Australia in August, down 100,000 international airline passengers from July, reports Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE). Read More » The August numbers were 44.8% below the 3.6 million international passengers travelling to and from the country in the same 30 days in 2019. Capacity was 45% lower than pre-pandemic levels, at 2.5 million seats. “International passenger traffic continues to be severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,” the BITRE report said. Qantas Airways was Australia's largest carrier of international passengers for the month, with 16.7% of the market, followed by Singapore Airlines (SIA) at 13.2% and Jetstar (12.9%). Jetstar was one of two LCCs in the top 10 table, along with SIA’s Scoot in seventh place (4.5% market share).