In the years before the pandemic Australia’s domestic aviation market had remained fairly static at 79 million scheduled airline seats. By 2019, it had almost reached 80 million seats but not quite. This put Australia in eighth place in the world’s largest domestic aviation markets, serving both a population of 25 million and those international passengers who connect onwards once they reach Australia.
Whilst many of the other large domestic markets saw a reasonably fast recovery in their domestic markets Australia has taken a bit longer, partly because of state border restrictions on air travel that lasted into 2022. In 2022, domestic airline capacity ended up at 13% behind 2019, sitting at 69.7m.
Australia’s domestic aviation market is dominated by the big players, which operate 95% of capacity between them:
- Qantas is the biggest, with 40% of seats.
- Virgin Australia is second with 33%.
- Jetstar is third with 22% of seats in 2022.
- Rex, which transitioned from operating…
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