Monthly Passenger Update - July 2023

The monthly passenger report for July 2023 has been released.  Brisbane Airport for July 2023 was 87% of pre-COVID levels, when comparing against FY19.

Domestic:

• 90% Domestic Passenger restoration for July 2023 against pre-COVID levels (July 2018) which was below airline capacity restoration of 93%, resulting in a lower load factor of 81% compared to 83% pre-COVID.
• BNE saw an average of 47,264 domestic passengers per day in July 2023, compared to last month 45,581 (+4%) in June 2023 and 52,440 (-10%) in July 2018 (pre-COVID).
• There were twelve (12) days exceeding 50,000 passengers, with the strongest day on Monday 10 July 2023 with 55,698 passengers (the 5th busiest day since pre-COVID, the record remains as Easter Thursday last year of 57,919 passengers on 14th April 2022).
• The top 5 markets that are limiting recovery with passenger numbers well below pre-COVID volumes are (in order of passengers vs pre-COVID): Sydney (-14%), Melbourne (-15%), Townsville (-16%), Mackay (-16%) and Newcastle (-20%).
• Notable markets that are doing well with passenger volumes above pre-COVID volumes (in order of passengers vs pre-COVID) are Moranbah (+64%), Albury (did not operate in July 2019), Hobart (+21%), Ayers Rick (did not operate in July 2019) and Proserpine (+13%).

International:

• 78% International Passenger restoration for July 2023 against pre-COVID levels (July 2018), which exceeded pre-COVID capacity restoration of 73%, resulting in a load factor of 82% compared to 77% pre-COVID (+5pts).
• BNE saw an average of 14,010 international passengers per day in July 2023, which was an increase of 6% per day compared to last month (June 2023 average was 13,251 passengers per day), and a decrease of 22% vs pre-COVID (July 2018 average was 17,939 passengers per day).
• There were 19 days exceeding 14,000 passengers and four (4) days exceeding 15,000 passengers.  The biggest day for the month was Saturday 8 July 2023 with 15,781 International passengers which was the 2nd highest day in the pre-COVID recovery (only 4 passengers less than the 15,785 passengers on Sunday 25 June 2023).
• The top 5 city pairs that are limiting recovery with passenger numbers well below pre-COVID volumes (in order of passengers of routes that are operating again vs pre-COVID are Hong Kong (-70%), Los Angeles (-62%), Auckland (-16%), Wellington (-44%) and Christchurch (-25%)