Top competitive routes

[Jarden S]

TOP COMPETITIVE ROUTES Source: BITRE

Table 1: Passenger movements (000s) — annual activity
City-Pair YE June 2008 YE June 2009 % Change
1 Melbourne - Sydney 6 992.8 6 814.7 -2.5
2 Brisbane - Sydney 4 246.4 4 262.8 0.4
3 Brisbane - Melbourne 2 699.0 2 699.2 0.0
4 Adelaide - Melbourne 1 988.5 2 183.3 9.8
5 Gold Coast - Sydney 2 181.7 2 138.5 -2.0
6 Melbourne - Perth 1 737.3 1 749.0 0.7
7 Gold Coast - Melbourne 1 566.5 1 608.3 2.7
8 Adelaide - Sydney 1 576.6 1 552.0 -1.6
9 Perth - Sydney 1 405.0 1 446.8 3.0
10 Hobart - Melbourne 1 074.6 1 199.4 11.6
11 Brisbane - Cairns 1 194.7 1 186.8 -0.7
12 Canberra - Melbourne 1 008.2 1 097.2 8.8
13 Canberra - Sydney 887.4 983.5 10.8
14 Brisbane - Townsville 916.1 974.0 6.3
15 Cairns - Sydney 938.8 883.2 -5.9
16 Launceston - Melbourne 820.6 828.2 0.9
17 Brisbane - Mackay 673.0 756.8 12.5
18 Brisbane - Perth 642.2 711.4 10.8
19 Adelaide - Brisbane 664.1 652.7 -1.7
20 Brisbane - Canberra 619.8 611.9 -1.3
21 Adelaide - Perth 584.9 595.0 1.7
22 Brisbane - Rockhampton 571.8 589.3 3.1
23 Brisbane - Newcastle 499.0 557.7 11.7
24 Maroochydore - Sydney 437.6 497.4 13.7
25 Hobart - Sydney 443.2 478.6 8.0
26 Cairns - Melbourne 459.8 459.6 -0.1
27 Maroochydore - Melbourne 444.3 419.0 -5.7
28 Melbourne - Newcastle 392.1 400.8 2.2
29 Brisbane - Darwin 333.9 367.4 10.0
30 Karratha - Perth .. 350.8 NA (a)
31 Broome - Perth 286.8 309.6 8.0
32 Coffs Harbour - Sydney 314.9 299.7 -4.8
33 Ballina - Sydney 277.8 264.1 -4.9
34 Darwin - Melbourne 228.2 239.2 4.8
35 Adelaide - Gold Coast 203.4 235.3 15.7
36 Albury - Sydney 190.1 233.2 22.7
37 Brisbane - Proserpine 211.0 226.2 7.2
38 Kalgoorlie - Perth 248.5 223.5 -10.1
39 Launceston - Sydney 212.3 205.9 -3.0
40 Adelaide - Canberra 206.5 194.2 -6.0
41 Brisbane - Hamilton Island 175.6 186.2 6.0
42 Port Macquarie - Sydney 65.0 178.9 NA (b)
43 Melbourne - Mildura 155.7 176.8 13.5
44 Sydney - Wagga Wagga 185.3 174.6 -5.7
45 Dubbo - Sydney 188.3 172.7 -8.3
46 Sydney - Townsville 168.7 169.4 0.5
47 Cairns - Townsville 145.6 149.3 2.5
48 Hervey Bay - Sydney 155.4 142.9 -8.1
49 Alice Springs - Melbourne 21.8 137.0 NA (c)
50 Newman - Perth .. 134.2 NA (d)
51 Gold Coast - Newcastle .. 132.8 NA (e)
52 Adelaide - Alice Springs .. 30.0 NA (f)
53 Darwin - Perth .. 27.4 NA (g)
Total top routes 42 517.6 43 298.4 1.8
Total domestic network 49 278.7 50 242.9 2.0
(a) Karratha - Perth route included from October 2008, prior data not shown.
(b) Port Macquarie - Sydney route included from February 2008, prior data not shown.
(c) Alice Springs - Melbourne route included from May 2008, prior data not shown.
(d) Newman - Perth route included from October 2008, prior data not shown.
(e) Gold Coast - Newcastle route included from August 2008, prior data not shown.
(f) Adelaide - Alice Springs route included from April 2009, prior data not shown.
(g) Darwin - Perth route included from May 2009, prior data not shown.

[Mike W]

12 Canberra - Melbourne 1 008.2 1 097.2 8.8
13 Canberra - Sydney 887.4 983.5 10.8

Can the big jumps here be attributed to the extra competition on these routes?

[James Smith]

The same could be said for other Virgin Ejet routes with Albury to Sydney a 22.7% increase. Port Macquarie might also show an increase if the full year comparison was available.