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Summary

There were 5.42 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in December 2024, compared with 5.21 million in December 2023 (up 4.1 per cent). This is also a decrease of 1.1 per cent on pre-COVID December 2019 passenger numbers (5.48 million).

5.10 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in December 2024 (excluding charter operations), an increase of 3.9 per cent compared to December 2023.

For the month of December 2024, there were 50.0 thousand RPT aircraft trips, a decrease of 0.6 per cent on December 2023.

RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.22 billion for the month, compared with 5.89 billion in December 2023 (up 5.6 per cent).

Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased to 7.42 billion in December 2024 compared to 7.22 billion in December 2023 (up 2.8 per cent).

The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) increased from 81.6 per cent in December 2023 to 83.8 per cent in December 2024.

Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 28.7 thousand tonnes in December 2024, a decrease of 4.2 per cent compared with December 2023.

In December 2024, there were 2.08 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 4.3 per cent from December 2023.

Fixed-wing charter operators carried 327.7 thousand passengers in December 2024, an increase of 6.2 per cent compared with December 2023.

Summary of annual RPT activity

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