Australia Yearbook - 2001

808 Year Book Australia 2001
23.15 REVENUE PASSENGER MOVEMENTS(a) WITH MAJOR DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL AIRLINES AT
PRINCIPAL AIRPORTS—1995 to 1999
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Airport
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
Sydney 13 213 332 13 901 702 14 070 134 14 276 173 (b)14 840 000
Melbourne 10 481 179 11 097 264 11 227 713 11 429 141 11 899 000
Brisbane 6 924 345 7 375 444 7 470 083 7 438 368 7 828 879
Adelaide 3 419 694 3 559 829 3 636 073 3 782 303 (b)3 866 000
Perth 2 782 852 3 066 332 3 152 995 3 235 524 3 254 127
Canberra 1 739 064 1 735 758 1 788 064 1 805 223 (b)1 901 000
Hobart 828 986 852 506 831 969 855 176 (b)878 834
Darwin 743 291 821 584 822 583 853 721 877 816
Cairns 1 844 027 1 926 655 1 918 238 1 915 717 2 020 673
Coolangatta 1 998 539 2 043 393 1 918 063 1 888 644 1 936 436
Townsville 654 503 670 254 685 989 703 964 (b)739 522
Launceston 574 762 592 443 558 995 535 944 546 000
(a) The number of passengers on board arriving at or departing from each airport. It includes passengers in transit, who are
counted as both arrivals and departures at airports through which they transit. (b) Includes estimates for unreported data.
Source: Department of Transport and Regional Services.
Table 23.15 shows the number of passengers
delivered by major domestic and regional airlines
at the main airports. All airports recorded
increases in 1999 over 1998. The number of
passengers arriving at Sydney was almost
15 million (up by 4%). Incoming traffic to
Queensland is spread over four main airports,
although many passengers going further north
transit through Brisbane.
International passenger activity
Air passenger activity
International scheduled services
At 31 December 1999 there were 58 international
scheduled airlines operating regular scheduled
passenger air services to and from Australia.
Cargolux Airlines International, China Airlines and
Sri Lankan Airlines commenced services to and
from Australia and Flight West Airlines ceased
services during the year.
Ansett Australia operated its first international
flight in its own right on 11 September 1993. Air
New Zealand purchased 50% of Ansett Australia
on 1 October 1996 and purchased the remaining
50% on 13 June 2000. Ansett Australia is a
member of the Star Global Alliance of airlines.
Qantas operates both international and domestic
flights. British Airways purchased 25% of Qantas
Airways Limited on 10 March 1993. The company
was floated on the Australian Stock Exchange on
22 June 1995. Qantas is a member of the
Oneworld Global Alliance of airlines.
The Aircraft fleet section shows details of the
Ansett and Qantas international and domestic
fleets.
International non-scheduled services
Passenger and freight charter policies in Australia
encourage inbound tourism and freight carriage
by non-scheduled services, particularly over
routes not served by the scheduled carriers. In
terms of the passenger charter market, Canada,
the United Kingdom and Japan are the most
significant countries of origin. There were also
significant charter operations to and from East
Timor in the last year.
International traffic
Passenger traffic to and from Australia grew by
5.2% in 1999, compared with 1.2% during
1998 (table 23.16). The 1998 growth had been the
lowest since 1991 which was affected by the Gulf
War. The number of passengers coming to
Australia increased by 5.4%, while departures
increased by 5.0%. The Australian airlines’ share
of traffic to Australia fell from 40.4% in 1998 to
38.5% in 1999. Their share of outgoing traffic
followed a similar pattern, with a decline from
40.5% to 38.7%.
Table 23.17 shows the number of international
passengers arriving and departing from each
international airport. Sydney has nearly half the
arrivals/departures (49.2% in 1999). This
represented a small increase over the percentage
of passengers that used Sydney in 1998 (48.7%).