Love of travel and low cost carriers boosts passengers by 55%
A news.com.au report says that the nation’s love of travel and the arrival of low-cost carriers have seen the number of passengers passing through Australia’s airports jump by more than 55 per cent over the past decade.
But the number of aircraft has not grown at the same rate and even the use of bigger planes has not prevented them from becoming more crowded.
An analysis released by the Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics shows that the number of domestic passengers at all Australian airports jumped 55 per cent, from 56.2 million in 1997 to 87.3 million last year.
Over the same period, international passenger numbers increased 45 per cent, from 14.1million in 1997 to 20.5 million last year.
However, the overall number of domestic, regional and international airline flights fell from 1.27 million to 1.18 million.
The top five Australian airports – Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide – account for 70 per cent of domestic passenger traffic and 95 per cent of international passenger numbers.
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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