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Kingscote Airport Business Case Appendices - Kangaroo Island ...

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PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT<strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong> Air Passenger DemandBoth air and sea links to <strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong> currently have sole providers – Regional Express Airlines(“Rex”) and SeaLink respectively – and with each serving a single mainland destination – Adelaide<strong>Airport</strong> and Cape Jervis. Both modes of access have seen other providers in recent years, howevercurrent operate without competition (with the key exception of competition between the twomodes of access). While <strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong> has seen an increase in visitation, the corresponding periodhas seen a clear decline in air passengers at KGC, as shown in the chart below.Contrasting with visitor growth to <strong>Kangaroo</strong> <strong>Island</strong>, air passengers at KGC have fallen at a compoundannual rate of ‐4.5% per year to 46,000 passengers in 2011. This passenger volume is served by 2‐4daily flights to Adelaide by Rex’s 34‐seat Saab 340 aircraft.Page| 3

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