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Summary

There were 5.77 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in October 2024, compared with 5.55 million in October 2023 (up 3.9 per cent). 
This is also a decrease of 2.5 per cent on pre-COVID October 2019 passenger numbers (5.91 million).

5.37 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in October 2024 (excluding charter operations), an increase of 3.6 per cent compared to October 2023.

For the month of October 2024, there were 53.0 thousand RPT aircraft trips, a decrease of 0.1 per cent on October 2023.

RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.46 billion for the month, compared with 6.23 billion in October 2023 (up 3.7 per cent).

Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), decreased to 7.47 billion in October 2024 compared to 7.55 billion in October 2023 (down 1.1 per cent).

The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) increased from 82.6 per cent in October 2023 to 86.6 per cent in October 2024.

Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 28.7 thousand tonnes in October 2024, an increase of 4.9 per cent compared with October 2023. 

In October 2024, there were 2.26 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 2.2 per cent from October 2023

Fixed-wing charter operators carried 393.5 thousand passengers in October 2024, an increase of 8.3 per cent compared with October 2023.

Summary of annual RPT activity

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