Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic market, showing its historical development over the past 30 years, the key operators during this period.
This week we highlight the Australian domestic market which has seen strong growth during the period with the number of annual flights growing 40.5 per cent from 408,168 to 573,343 last year and seat capacity almost trebling from 25.29 million in 1982 to 71.19 million in 2011.
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SCHEDULED AIR SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA (non-stop departures) |
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Year |
Departures |
% Change |
Available Seats |
% Change |
Leading Operating Airlines (Marketshare) |
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|
1982 |
408,168 |
- |
25,294,167 |
- |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (35.7 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (30.8%) |
QANTAS (5.6 %) |
|
1983 |
377,855 |
(-7.4) % |
23,034,449 |
(-8.9) % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (32.4 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (32.0%) |
QANTAS (5.1 %) |
|
1984 |
377,966 |
0.0 |
22,974,635 |
(-0.3 % |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (31.8 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (30.3%) |
QANTAS (5.5 %) |
|
1985 |
386,232 |
2.2 % |
24,111,305 |
4.9 % |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (31.0 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (29.6%) |
EASTWEST AIRLINES (7.4 %) |
|
1986 |
395,210 |
2.3 % |
25,515,681 |
5.8 % |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (30.7 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (30.4%) |
EASTWEST AIRLINES (7.1 %) |
|
1987 |
437,598 |
10.7 % |
27,155,501 |
6.4 % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (31.9 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (29.3%) |
EASTWEST AIRLINES (7.3 %) |
|
1988 |
481,271 |
10.0 % |
28,779,588 |
6.0 % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (32.3 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (29.0%) |
QANTAS (7.2 %) |
|
1989 |
506,878 |
5.3 % |
28,294,540 |
(-1.7) % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (29.8 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (28.9%) |
QANTAS (7.4 %) |
|
1990 |
485,555 |
(-4.2) % |
27,284,850 |
(-3.6) % |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (28.7 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (27.4%) |
QANTAS (8.3 %) |
|
1991 |
536,402 |
10.5 % |
32,616,716 |
19.5 % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (27.0 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (26.2%) |
QANTAS (7.9 %) |
|
1992 |
546,551 |
1.9 % |
34,047,898 |
4.4 % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (31.8 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (26.1%) |
QANTAS (8.7 %) |
|
1993 |
593381 |
8.6 % |
38,248,397 |
12.3 % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (37.5 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES (19.6%) |
QANTAS (12.8 %) |
|
1994 |
579,406 |
(-2.4) % |
38,342,576 |
0.2 % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (38.2 %) |
QANTAS (37.3%) |
EASTERN AUSTRALIA (3.0 %) |
|
1995 |
611,709 |
5.6 % |
44,312,690 |
15.6 % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (39.5 %) |
QANTAS (36.5%) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINK (3.1 %) |
|
1996 |
614,767 |
0.5 % |
46,655,831 |
5.3 % |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (38.5 %) |
QANTAS (36.5%) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINK (3.6 %) |
|
1997 |
609,814 |
(-0.8) % |
47,742,047 |
2.3 % |
QANTAS (37.2 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (36.7 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINK (4.0 %) |
|
1998 |
608,998 |
(-0.1) % |
47,457,632 |
(-0.6) % |
QANTAS (37.6 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (35.5 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINK (4.0 %) |
|
1999 |
599,119 |
(-1.6) % |
46,738,698 |
(-1.5) % |
QANTAS (38.4 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (34.3 %) |
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINK (4.3 %) |
|
2000 |
624,928 |
4.3 % |
47,939,831 |
2.6 % |
QANTAS (37.6 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (31.7 %) |
KENDELL AIRLINES (4.6 %) |
|
2001 |
610,150 |
(-2.4) % |
49,005,775 |
2.2 % |
QANTAS (39.7 %) |
ANSETT AUSTRALIA (24.2 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (5.3 %) |
|
2002 |
495,437 |
(-18.8) % |
45,860,308 |
(-6.4) % |
QANTAS (50.7 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (16.9 %) |
IMPULSE AIRLINES (6.5 %) |
|
2003 |
487,998 |
(-1.5) % |
46,718,722 |
1.9 % |
QANTAS (46.1 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (23.7 %) |
IMPULSE AIRLINES (7.4 %) |
|
2004 |
522,764 |
7.1 % |
52,389,810 |
12.1 % |
QANTAS (43.2 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (27.7 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (6.2 %) |
|
2005 |
540,489 |
3.4 % |
55,971,508 |
6.8 % |
QANTAS (40.3 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (28.3 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (12.3 %) |
|
2006 |
541,847 |
0.3 % |
58,769,038 |
5.0 % |
QANTAS (38.0 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (27.9 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (14.5 %) |
|
2007 |
550,538 |
1.6 % |
61,746,991 |
5.1 % |
QANTAS (37.7 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (27.6 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (15.0 %) |
|
2008 |
560,526 |
1.8 % |
68,446,210 |
10.8 % |
QANTAS (35.4 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (29.0 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (15.7 %) |
|
2009 |
534,234 |
(-4.7) % |
65,341,116 |
(-4.5) % |
QANTAS (34.1 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (28.1 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (16.7 %) |
|
2010 |
569,225 |
6.5 % |
69,750,337 |
6.7 % |
QANTAS (32.9 %) |
VIRGIN BLUE (27.0 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (17.3 %) |
|
2011 |
573,343 |
0.7 % |
71,119,282 |
2.0 % |
QANTAS (32.0 %) |
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA (26.6 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (18.8 %) |
|
2012 |
591,998 |
3.3 % |
75,461,455 |
6.1 % |
QANTAS (31.0 %) |
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA (29.5 %) |
JETSTAR AIRWAYS (18.7 %) |
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