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The primary form of international passenger activity is air transportation. Details of this activity are shown in the following section.
Air passenger activity
International scheduled services
At 31 December 2000 there were 43 international scheduled airlines operating regular scheduled passenger air services to and from Australia (excluding airlines that operate purely on a code share basis).
During 2000, China Southern Airlines and Philippine Airlines recommenced services to and from Australia while AOM French Airlines, Alitalia, Connie Kalitta Services (freight only) and Mandarin Airlines (services taken over by China Airlines) ceased services.
The Aircraft fleet section provides details of international fleets.
International non-scheduled services
Passenger charter policies in Australia encourage inbound tourism by non-scheduled services, particularly over routes not served by the scheduled carriers. The majority of these flights originated from Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan. In 2000 there were also significant charter operations to and from East Timor.
International traffic
Passenger traffic to and from Australia grew by a combined 10.0% in 2000, compared with 5.3% in 1999 (table 23.17). The number of passengers coming to Australia increased by 9.6% while departures increased by 10.4%. The Australian airlines' share of traffic to Australia fell from 38.5% in 1999 to 37.3% in 2000. Their share of outgoing traffic followed a similar pattern, with a decline from 38.7% to 37.2%.
23.17 SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE TRAFFIC TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA(a) - Year ended December |
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Type of traffic | 1999 | 2000 |
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TRAFFIC TO AUSTRALIA |
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Qantas Airways Limited | 2,646,876 | 2,805,052 |
Ansett Australia | 259,737 | 274,235 |
Other airlines | 4,635,710 | 5,183,669 |
All airlines | 7,542,323 | 8,262,956 |
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TRAFFIC FROM AUSTRALIA |
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Qantas Airways Limited | 2,622,369 | 2,793,493 |
Ansett Australia | 258,187 | 264,541 |
Other airlines | 4,563,684 | 5,163,945 |
All airlines | 7,444,240 | 8,221,979 |
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(a) Australia and Norfolk Island. |
Source: Department of Transport and Regional Services. |
Table 23.18 shows the number of international passengers arriving and departing from each international airport. Sydney's share of passenger traffic was 50% in 2000 (up 0.7 percentage points from 1999), followed by Melbourne with 18.5% (up 0.8 percentage points from 1999, and Brisbane with a 14.9% share (down 1 percentage point from 1999). In the year of the Sydney Olympics, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth all recorded steady growth from the previous year, with passenger traffic increasing through Melbourne by 14.6%, through Sydney by 11.5% and through Perth by 7.2%.
23.18 PASSENGER TRAFFIC THROUGH AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS - Year ended December |
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Airport | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Sydney | 6,933,551 | 7,388,153 | 8,235,473 |
Melbourne | 2,489,132 | 2,654,807 | 3,043,169 |
Brisbane | 2,251,240 | 2,375,767 | 2,460,877 |
Perth | 1,434,077 | 1,474,898 | 1,580,594 |
Cairns | 688,058 | 660,659 | 680,133 |
Adelaide | 223,035 | 241,014 | 270,099 |
Darwin | 177,773 | 156,058 | 169,496 |
Coolangatta(a) | 14,519 | 16,923 | 28,138 |
Norfolk Island | 15,704 | 15,073 | 14,073 |
Broome(b) | . . | . . | 2,883 |
Port Hedland(c) | 4,398 | 2,969 | . . |
Townsville(d) | 416 | 242 | . . |
Christmas Island(e) | 2,712 | . . | . . |
Hobart(f) | 2,690 | . . | . . |
Total | 14,237,305 | 14,986,563 | 16,484,935 |
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(a) International operations commenced in December 1996.
(b) International operations ceased in January 1996, ceased in February 1997 and recommenced in April 2000.
(c) International operations suspended from January 2000.
(d) International operations recommenced in May 1997, ceased in June 1998, recommenced again in October 1998 and ceased again in February 1999.
(e) International operations commenced in November 1993, ceased in February 1997, recommenced in October 1997 and ceased again in April 1998.
(f) International operations ceased in April 1998. |
Source: Department of Transport and Regional Services. |
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