International pax to/from Australia up 10% to 2.9m in Feb-2016, capacity (Seats) up 11% to 3.8m

Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) reports (02-May-2016) the following international traffic highlights to/from Australia in Feb-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 2.9 million, +10.4% year-on-year;
• Available seats: 3.8 million, +11.4%;
• Flights: 14,815, +10.3%;
• Cargo volume: 74,772 tonnes, -1.7%;
• Aircraft movements: 15,015, +9.2%;
• Top 10 international carriers:
• • Share of passengers carried:
  • • Qantas: 15.3%, +0.1 ppt;
    • Jetstar: 9.5%, +0.7 ppt;
    • Emirates: 8.7%, -0.7 ppt;
    • Singapore Airlines: 8.1%, -0.3 ppt;
    • Air New Zealand: 7.4%, -0.5 ppt;
    • Virgin Australia: 6.5%, -0.7 ppt;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 5.2%, stable;
    • China Southern Airlines: 3.8%, +0.7 ppt;
    • AirAsia X: 3.6%, +0.5 ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 3.2%, +0.7 ppt;
  • Share of cargo carried:
  • • Singapore Airlines: 16.7%, -0.6 ppt;
    • Emirates: 15.2%, +1.8 ppts;
    • Qantas: 12.2%, stable;
    • Cathay Pacific Airways: 7.5%, -1.7 ppts;
    • Air New Zealand: 5.6%, stable;
    • Thai Airways: 4.0%, +0.1 ppt;
    • Etihad Airways: 3.5%, +0.9 ppt;
    • Malaysia Airlines: 2.7%, -3.8 ppts;
    • Federal Express Corporation: 2.3%, +1.5 ppts;
    • Qatar Airways: 2.2%, +0.2 ppt. [more - original PR]

BITRE also reported LCCs AirAsia X, Cebu Pacific Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia Extra, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, and Scoot accounted for 17.1% of total international passenger traffic to/from Australia in Feb-2016. LCC share in Feb-2015 was 15.4%.