Some airline / route loadings info for May

[RooFlyer]

From The Oz on-line (paywalled, but google the headline or news.com.au may have it

Aussies rush to NZ but other air routes with seats aplenty

A couple of extracts but plenty more there:

Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics data for May showed some international services with as few as 10 per cent of seats filled, and others with almost 100 per cent.

The total number of seats available on flights to and from Australia in the month was 1.75 million, still 58 per cent below 2019 levels.

Across all destinations and airlines, average passenger loads were 74.3 per cent, still shy of pre-pandemic levels of 78.6 per cent.

Among the most popular flights were services in and out of New Zealand where seat utilisation rates were consistently above 90 per cent for most carriers operating those routes.

Also in high demand were Qantas flights to the UK, and Etihad and Qatar Airways flights to their hubs in the Middle East with many passengers heading on to Europe.

Passenger loads on flights to the US tended to differ among the various carriers with Qantas services about three-quarters full, Delta flights two-thirds full and United at 63 per cent outbound and 56 per cent inbound.

There was also inconsistency on services to Singapore, with Singapore Airlines averaging 80 per cent seat utilisation in both directions, Qantas 70 per cent, Jetstar 65 per cent and Scoot about 50 per cent.

Qantas services heading to India had fewer than 50 per cent of seats filled, but returning flights had loads in excess of 87 per cent. The disparity was attributed to a seasonal dip in demand during India’s hottest months, with outbound bookings rebounding in the months ahead.

Chile, Fiji and South Korea were also performing well for the various airlines servicing those destinations with most flights more than 80 per cent full.

In contrast, there were plenty of empty seats on flights to New Caledonia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

 

[Mattg]

For a non-paywalled version, you can get this info directly from the source here:

International Airline Activity—Monthly Publications

These reports cover monthly international aircraft, passenger, freight and mail movements, flights, available seats, seat load factors and airline market shares. Details are provided for airline, country, city pair and airport.

www.bitre.gov.au