Monthly Passenger Statistics: December 2017

December Rolling 12 months

2017 2016 Change Current Previous Change Arriving & departing passengers 65,560 63,180 2,390 4% 763,050 765,500 -2,450 0% Transit & Transfer 2,480 2,100 380 18% 26,640 27,190 -550 -2% Total passengers 68,050 65,280 2,760 4% 789,690 792,690 -3,010 0%

Seats 91,030 87,830 3,200 4% 1,072,930 1,177,010 -104,080 -9% Airport load factor 75% 74% 0% 74% 67% 6% Flights 750 830 -80 -10% 9,330 10,500 -1,170 -11%

Note: numbers subject to rounding

Monthly passenger numbers increased 4% in December, which was in response to airlines increasing seat capacity by 4%.

Brisbane-Mackay passengers increased 7% to 61,000. Fewer flights were operated, but larger aircraft on the flown flights delivered an 11% seat increase on the Brisbane-Mackay sector.

Annual arriving and departing passengers are now 4% above the May 2017 level.

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FY 2018 Passengers by month

FY2018 Total Arrivals Departures Transit & Transfers

Jul 2017 69,837 33,548 33,438 2,851 Aug 2017 67,583 32,479 33,031 2,073 Sep 2017 72,329 34,832 35,113 2,384 Oct 2017 72,322 35,391 34,691 2,240 Nov 2017 67,669 31,901 32,608 3,160 Dec 2017 68,045 31,908 33,656 2,481 Jan 2018 Feb 2018 Mar 2018 Apr 2018 May 2018 Jun 2018 TOTAL 417,785 200,059 202,537 15,189

Forward seats: January 2018 to June 2018  Forward schedules as of 18 January 2018, excluding FIFO charter flights.  All schedules are subject to change without notice and schedule queries will need to be directed to the airline concerned.

Sector Scheduled seats Year on year change Brisbane 463,000 44,000 10% Townsville 65,000 -4,000 -6% Rockhampton 32,000 6,000 25% Total 559,000 46,000 9%

Notes: The Brisbane growth arises from Virgin Australia operating all flights with 176 seat Boing 737s. Last year they operated a mix of Boeing 737s and 98 seat E190 regional jets.