BITRE August Airports
BITRE aviation data always lags by a few months with the latest update to August for the (pre-covid) Top 20 Airports:
| August 2020 | Passengers | % Change YoY |
| ADELAIDE | 74 562 | -87.9% |
| ALICE SPRINGS | 16 989 | -68.3% |
| AYERS ROCK | 0 | -100.0% |
| BALLINA | 27 154 | -31.4% |
| BRISBANE | 284 350 | -81.4% |
| CAIRNS | 97 822 | -74.3% |
| CANBERRA | 13 509 | -95.1% |
| DARWIN | 38 416 | -78.1% |
| GOLD COAST | 9 711 | -97.8% |
| HOBART | 5 450 | -97.3% |
| KARRATHA | 20 551 | -49.9% |
| LAUNCESTON | 3 907 | -95.9% |
| MACKAY | 31 424 | -58.1% |
| MELBOURNE | 20 298 | -99.1% |
| NEWCASTLE | 5 373 | -94.9% |
| PERTH | 117 168 | -82.7% |
| ROCKHAMPTON | 18 181 | -63.8% |
| SUNSHINE COAST | 2 749 | -97.4% |
| SYDNEY | 90 198 | -96.1% |
| TOWNSVILLE | 54 789 | -62.6% |
| All Australian Airports | 1 134 028 | -89.0% |
This is domestic traffic only although the major airports are still taking some limited international traffic. To scale that by percentage decline from the previous August:
Queensland regional airports and Brisbane relative outperformers, except Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast without their interstate routes. Flights have commenced between Cairns and Gold/Sunshine Coast but not sure on the timing. Ballina is a smaller airport in the group but also a relative outperformer on border closures.
Brisbane – Cairns has reportedly been the busiest air route in Australia over recent months:
Load factor on the route was down to 78.1% in August on 642 flights after reaching 90.8% in July on 467 flights.
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