AIRPORT FACT SHEET

Airports and ’s freight network

Airports play a critical role in Australia’s freight network. They are creating new markets for our export industry and ensuring the best of our country’s produce can be shared with the world. In the 12 months to October 2017, 1,082,676 tonnes of air freight was transported by Australia’s airports. Air freight transports 0.1% $100 billion high value and time of Australia’s worth of goods critical goods freight by volume transported 21% of Australia’s freight by value

Air freight is up to 350 times the value of sea cargo

Air freight supports the creation of new Airports facilitate markets not viable using services and tourism markets other transport options

Up to 80% of air freight Meat and fish are the largest passing through Australian airports is air freight exports by mass, followed carried in the bellyhold of passenger by other perishable consumables aircraft Pharmaceuticals, mobile phones Freight and trade opportunities and computer equipment are major grow with passenger growth 30% imports by value

Airport freight facilities ensure 7.5% increase fast, efficient transport of time in air freight by volume over the critical goods last year*

*BITRE, International airline activity October 2017

AUSTRALIA’S AIRPORTS: SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE PROSPERITY AIRPORTS.ASN.AU FEBRUARY 2018 How Australia’s airports support freight and trade

Darwin Airport Airport • Dedicated domestic air • Live seafood, freight service tropical fruits and • Antonov operations for other local produce military and mining exported from equipment Cairns

Alice Springs Airport • Regular US military • Third largest freighter operations Toowoomba contributor to the Wellcamp Airport air freight network • Weekly services connect the region’s agricultural market to Asia • Largest import/export airport in Australia • Largest export • Facilitates most airport by value imports by value at an • Gold largest export Airport Australian airport commodity by value • Cargo aircraft Airport Antonov 124-100 • First shipment of fresh regularly lands Melbourne food to in 2017 at Airport • Second largest Airport importer by value • Commenced plans to develop a new freight handling facility

Australia’s largest four airports facilitate Australia’s top 10 air freight routes make up almost 96% of air freight by volume* 40.5% of total air freight*

Singapore – Melbourne 6.6% Singapore – Sydney 6.3% Auckland – Sydney 4.9% – Sydney 4.6% LA – Sydney 3.7% Singapore – Brisbane 3.5% Sydney Singapore – Perth 3.2% Auckland – Melbourne 2.9% 45.8% Guangzhou – Sydney 2.6% Dubai – Sydney 2.3%

Other 4.1% 40.5% Perth Melbourne 9.3% 29.7% Brisbane 11.1%

*BITRE, International airline activity October 2017

AUSTRALIA’S AIRPORTS: SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE PROSPERITY AIRPORTS.ASN.AU FEBRUARY 2018