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HIGHLIGHTS – AUGUST 2012- Fifty-three international scheduled airlines operated services to/from Australia duringthe month (includes five dedicated freight airlines but excludes airlines operating onlyvia code share arrangements).- International scheduled passenger traffic in August 2012 was 2.418 million comparedto 2.309 million in August 2011 – an increase of 4.7 per cent. March 2011 (-1.6 percent) recorded the only month on month decrease in traffic since March 2009.- The chart on the next page compares monthly passenger traffic for the year endedAugust 2012 with monthly passenger traffic for the year ended August 2011. Passengertraffic for the year ended August 2012 was 29.055 million which is a 4.6 per centincrease over the figure for the year ended August 2011.- Total seats made available on international scheduled operations to/from Australiaduring August 2012 were 3.297 million – an increase of 1.8 per cent compared toAugust 2011. The overall seat utilisation percentage has increased from 72.0 per centin August 2011 to 74.3 per cent in August 2012. Note that operated seats by Emirateshave been adjusted to show seats available for uplift/discharge Australia traffic forNovember 2011 and onwards which generates a higher seat utilisation percentage whencompared to prior periods that have not been adjusted in this way.- In terms of passenger carriage, Qantas Airways had the largest share of the market inAugust 2012 with 17.0 per cent of the total followed by Virgin Australia with 8.8 percent, Jetstar with 8.7 per cent, Singapore Airlines with 8.6 per cent and Emirates with8.2 per cent. Compared to August 2011, Qantas Airways’ share decreased by 0.6percentage points, Jetstar’s share decreased by 0.2 percentage points, SingaporeAirlines’ share increased by 0.1 percentage points and Emirates’ share increased by 0.7percentage points. Virgin Australia’s share has slightly increased by 0.05 percentagepoints compared to what was the equivalent combined Pacific Blue and V Australia inAugust 2011.- The Qantas group – Qantas Airways (17.0 per cent), Jetstar (8.7 per cent) and JetstarAsia (0.4 per cent) accounted for 26.0 per cent of total passenger carriage in August2012. The group share in August 2011 was 26.8 per cent.- The share of passenger traffic accounted for by Australian designated airlines hasdecreased from 33.7 per cent in August 2011 to 32.3 per cent in August 2012. QantasAirways, Jetstar and Virgin Australia (6.6 per cent - excludes services operated underNew Zealand designation) contributed to the Australian airline share in August 2012.- Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia,Tiger Airways and Scoot accounted for 14.6 per cent of total international passengertraffic to/from Australia in August 2012. The Low Cost Carrier share in August 2011 was20.0 per cent. The decrease of 5.4 percentage points from August 2011 to August 2012is mainly due to Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue being counted as Low Cost Carriers toNovember 2011 while for December 2011 and onwards, the rebranded Virgin Australiaand Virgin Samoa are not counted as Low Cost Carriers.- International scheduled freight traffic in August 2012 increased by 1.6 per cent overAugust 2011 to 75 268 tonnes. Inbound freight traffic increased by 2.8 per cent andoutbound freight traffic decreased by 0.5 per cent compared to August 2011.10