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Summary

There were 5.44 million passengers carried on Australian domestic commercial aviation (including charter operations) in November 2024, compared with 5.41 million in November 2023 (up 0.5 per cent). This is also a decrease of 0.9 per cent on pre-COVID November 2019 passenger numbers (5.49 million).

5.09 million passengers were carried on Regular Public Transport (RPT) flights in November 2024 (excluding charter operations), an increase of 1.0 per cent compared to November 2023.

For the month of November 2024, there were 49.7 thousand RPT aircraft trips, a decrease of 3.1 per cent on November 2023.

RPT revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) performed were 6.04 billion for the month, compared with 5.94 billion in November 2023 (up 1.7 per cent).

Capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs), decreased to 6.94 billion in November 2024 compared to 6.97 billion in November 2023 (down 0.4 per cent).

The industry wide load factor (RPKs/ASKs) increased from 85.2 per cent in November 2023 to 87.0 per cent in November 2024

Total cargo movements at Australian airports on domestic RPT flights were 28.1 thousand tonnes in November 2024, a decrease of 8.3 per cent compared with November 2023.

In November 2024, there were 2.09 million domestic passenger movements through regional airports, an increase of 0.6 per cent from November 2023. 

Fixed-wing charter operators carried 347.8 thousand passengers in November 2024, a decrease of 5.5 per cent compared with November 2023.

Summary of annual RPT activity

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