List of the busiest international air routes in Australia

This is a list of the busiest international air routes in Australia from Australian airports that have scheduled international traffic, namely Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.

International routes are flown strictly between one Australian airport to a non-Australian airport. These may include stops in other cities (i.e. Sydney–London via Singapore).

The following figures are calculated by the Australian government Department for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra

Canberra Airport - International
No ↑ ↓ City Airport Country Passengers
Sept 2016		 Passengers
Sept 2017		 % ↑ ↓ Notes
1. — Singapore Singapore Changi Airport  Singapore 1,946 4,787 145.9↑
2. — Wellington Wellington International Airport  New Zealand 1,259 2,487 97.5↑
3,205 7,274 127.0↑ [1]

New South Wales

Sydney

No
#		 IncreaseDecrease To Country
& City		 To
Airport		 PAX
Sep 2012		 PAX
Sep 2013		 %
IncreaseDecrease		 Notes
1. Steady  Singapore Singapore Singapore Changi Airport SIN WSSS 115,523 113,640 Decrease1.6
2. Steady  New Zealand Auckland Auckland Airport AKL NZAA 102,578 107,142 Increase4.4
3. Steady  United States of America Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport LAX KLAX 78,918 80,184 Increase1.6
4. Steady  Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport HKG VHHH 70,068 74,575 Increase6.4
5. Steady  United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport DXB OMDB 52,075 68,105 Increase30.8
6. Increase1  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport KUL WMKK 44,481 56,766 Increase27.6
7. Decrease1  Thailand Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport BKK VTBS 50,123 47,073 Decrease6.1
8. Steady  Fiji Nadi Nadi International Airport NAN NFFN 42,900 40,693 Decrease5.1
9. Steady  United States Honolulu Honolulu International Airport HNL PHNL 39,467 39,123 Decrease0.9
10. Increase1  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport AUH OMAA 34,242 35,892 Increase4.8
11. Decrease1  New Zealand Christchurch Christchurch International Airport CHC NZCH 35,175 34,721 Decrease1.3
12. Increase3  China Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVG ZSPD 29,437 33,014 Increase12.2
13. Decrease1  Indonesia Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport DPS WADD 32,149 32,092 Decrease0.2
14. Decrease1  Japan Tokyo Narita International Airport NRT RJAA 30,943 30,556 Decrease1.3
15. Decrease1  United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport LHR EGLL 30,383 30,272 Decrease0.4
16. Increase1  China Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport CAN ZGGG 24,037 27,058 Increase12.6
17. Decrease1  South Korea Seoul Incheon International Airport ICN RKSI 26,003 24,798 Decrease4.6
18. Steady  New Zealand Wellington Wellington International Airport WLG NZWN 23,420 23,552 Increase0.6
19. Steady  United States San Francisco San Francisco International Airport SFO KSFO 19,869 18,706 Decrease5.9
20. Steady  South Africa Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport JNB FAOR 16,810 16,264 Decrease3.2
21. Increase5  New Zealand Queenstown Queenstown International Airport ZQN NZQN 10,942 15,343 Increase40.2
22. Increase3  China Beijing Capital International Airport PEK ZBAA 11,072 13,547 Decrease22.4
23. Increase4  Philippines Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL RPLL 10,604 13,392 Increase26.3
24. Decrease3  United States Dallas Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport DFW KDFW 13,056 12,731 Decrease2.5
25. Decrease2  Canada Vancouver Vancouver International Airport YVR CYVR 11,574 11,398 Decrease1.5
26. Decrease2  Chile Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport SCL SCEL 11,141 10,927 Decrease1.9
27. Decrease5  Indonesia Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport CGK WIII 12,694 10,894 Decrease14.2
28. Steady  Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGN VVTS 9,206 10,029 Increase8.9
29. Steady  United States New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK KJFK 9,028 9,450 Increase4.7
30. Steady  New Caledonia Noumea La Tontouta International Airport NOU NWWW 8,793 7,716 Decrease12.2
31. Steady  Vanuatu Port Vila Bauerfield International Airport VLI NVVV 7,832 7,409 Decrease5.4
32. Increase2  Taiwan Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport TPE RCTP 6,541 6,781 Increase3.7
33. Steady  Thailand Phuket Phuket International Airport HKT VTSP 7,109 5,548 Decrease22.0
34. new  India Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport DEL VIDP new 5,456 new [2]
35. Steady  Argentina Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport EZE SAEZ 4,265 4,747 Increase11.3
36. Steady  Samoa Apia Faleolo International Airport APW NSFA 3,310 3,021 Decrease8.7
37. Steady  Canada Toronto Pearson International Airport YYZ CYYZ 3,047 2,935 Decrease3.7
38. Steady  Vietnam Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport HAN VVNB 2,334 2,863 Increase22.7
39. Steady  Tonga Nukuʻalofa Fuaʻamotu International Airport TBU NFTF 2,029 1,995 Decrease1.7
40. Increase2  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport POM AYPY 1,486 1,795 Increase20.8
41. new  China Nanjing Lukou International Airport NKG ZSNJ new 1,760 new [3]
42. Decrease2  Cook Islands Rarotonga Rarotonga International Airport RAR NCRG 1,556 1,548 Decrease0.5
43. Decrease2  New Zealand Rotorua Rotorua International Airport ROT NZRO 1,489 1,393 Decrease6.4
44. Decrease1  Japan Osaka Kansai International Airport KIX RJBB 845 526 Decrease37.8
45. Decrease13  Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport FRA EDDF 7,518 0 Decrease100.0 [4]
1. Steady Total International Passengers 1,056,072 1,097,430 Increase3.9 [1]

Northern Territory

Darwin

No
#		 IncreaseDecrease To Country
& City		 To
Airport		 PAX
Jan 2016		 PAX
Jan 2017		 %
IncreaseDecrease		 Notes
1. Increase1  Indonesia Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport DPS WADD 9,327 12,968 Increase39.0
2. Decrease1  Singapore Singapore Changi Airport SIN WSSS 11,877 12,033 Increase1.3
3. Steady  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport KUL WMKK 2,746 2,804 Increase2.1
4. Steady  Philippines Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL RPLL 762 1,171 Increase53.7
8. Steady Total International Passengers 24,712 28,976 Increase17.2 [1]

Queensland

Brisbane

No
#		 IncreaseDecrease To Country
& City		 To
Airport		 PAX
Jan 2016		 PAX
Jan 2017		 %
IncreaseDecrease		 Notes
1. Steady  New Zealand Auckland Auckland Airport AKL NZAA 91,263 92,771 Increase1.6
2. Steady  Singapore Singapore Changi Airport SIN WSSS 73,339 72,532 Decrease1.1
3. Steady  USA Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport LAX KLAX 38,366 37,862 Decrease1.3
4. Steady  UAE Dubai Dubai International Airport DXB OMDB 36,361 36,816 Increase1.3
5. Steady  Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport HKG VHHH 31,956 31,296 Decrease2.1
6. Increase1  Indonesia Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport DPS WADD 24,190 24,980 Increase3.3
7. Decrease1  New Zealand Christchurch Christchurch International Airport CHC NZCH 24,263 23,976 Decrease1.2
8. Increase1  Fiji Nadi Nadi International Airport NAN NFFN 17,895 18,541 Increase3.6
9. Increase5  Taiwan Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport TPE RCTP 13,692 16,742 Increase22.3
10. Increase5  UAE Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport AUH OMAA 13,662 16,380 Increase19.9
11. Steady  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport POM AYPY 15,237 16,170 Increase6.1
12. new  Canada Vancouver Vancouver International Airport YVR CYVR new 15,391 new [5]
13. Decrease3  Japan Tokyo Narita International Airport NRT RJAA 16,160 14,961 Decrease7.4
14. Increase2  China Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport CAN ZGGG 13,298 14,709 Increase10.6
15. Decrease3  South Korea Seoul Incheon International Airport ICN RKSI 13,866 14,426 Increase4.0
16. Decrease8  New Zealand Wellington Wellington International Airport WLG NZWN 20,428 14,418 Decrease29.4
17. Steady  Thailand Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport BKK VTBS 12,645 13,809 Increase9.2
18. Increase1  Vanuatu Port Vila Bauerfield International Airport VLI NVVV 6,906 7,026 Increase1.7
19. Increase5  China Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVG ZSPD 2,074 6,951 Increase235.1
20. Decrease7  USA Honolulu Honolulu International Airport HNL PHNL 13,806 6,916 Decrease49.9 [6]
21. Decrease3  New Caledonia Noumea La Tontouta International Airport NOU NWWW 7,114 6,791 Decrease4.5
22. Decrease2  New Zealand Queenstown Queenstown Airport ZQN NZQN 4,665 4,589 Decrease1.6
23. Steady  Philippines Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL RPLL 2,928 4,120 Increase40.7
24. Decrease3  New Zealand Dunedin Dunedin International Airport DUD NZDN 4,346 4,095 Decrease5.8
25. Decrease3  Solomon Islands Honiara Honiara International Airport HIR AGGH 3,667 3,608 Decrease1.6
26. Decrease1  Samoa Apia Faleolo International Airport APW NSFA 1,902 1,827 Decrease3.9
27. Decrease1  Nauru Nauru Nauru International Airport INU ANYN 1,768 1,276 Decrease27.8
28. Decrease1  Vanuatu Luganville Santo-Pekoa International Airport SON NVSS 669 815 Increase21.8
3. Steady Total International Passengers 506,456 523,794 Increase3.4 [1]

Cairns

No
#		 IncreaseDecrease To Country
& City		 To
Airport		 PAX
Jan 2016		 PAX
Jan 2017		 %
IncreaseDecrease		 Notes
1. Steady  Japan Tokyo Narita International Airport NRT RJAA 16,528 15,587 Decrease5.7
2. Steady  Japan Osaka Kansai International Airport KIX RJBB 10,440 11,953 Increase14.5
3. Steady  Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport POM AYPY 7,995 7,061 Decrease11.7 [7]
4. Steady  Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport HKG VHHH 5,883 7,021 Increase19.3 [8]
5. new  South Korea Seoul Incheon International Airport ICN RKSI new 6,421 new [9]
6. Decrease1  Indonesia Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport DPS WADD 4,160 5,798 Increase39.4
7. Decrease1  Singapore Singapore Singapore Changi Airport SIN WSSS 3,189 4,282 Increase34.3
8. Steady  Philippines Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL RPLL 674 1,359 Increase101.6
9. Steady  New Zealand Auckland Auckland Airport AKL NZAA 511 1,350 Increase164.2
10. Decrease3  China Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVG ZSPD 4,574 0 Decrease100.0
7. Steady Total International Passengers 53,954 60,832 Increase12.7 [1]

Gold Coast

Gold Coast Airport - International
No ↑ ↓ City Airport Country Passengers
Sept 2016		 Passengers
Sept 2017		 % ↑ ↓ Notes
1. — Auckland Auckland Airport  New Zealand 34,180 31,640 7.4↓
2. — Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport  Malaysia 19,012 16,560 12.9↓
3. 1↑ Singapore Singapore Changi Airport  Singapore 9,363 9,573 2.2↑
4. 1↓ Tokyo Narita International Airport  Japan 9,647 9,398 2.6↓
5. — Christchurch Christchurch International Airport  New Zealand 7,969 7,923 0.6↓
6. 3↑ Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport  Hong Kong 2,990 4,740 58.5↑
7. 1↓ Queenstown Queenstown Airport  New Zealand 4,069 3,996 1.8↓
8. 1↓ Wellington Wellington International Airport  New Zealand 3,670 3,933 7.2↑
9. 1↓ Wuhan Tianhe International Airport  China 3,090 0 100.0↓ [10]
10. — Nadi Nadi International Airport  Fiji 2,890 0 100.0↓ [11]
96,880 87,763 9.4↓ [1]

Townsville

No
#		 IncreaseDecrease To Country
& City		 To
Airport		 PAX
Jan 2016		 PAX
Jan 2017		 %
IncreaseDecrease		 Notes
1. new  Indonesia Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport DPS WADD 3,234 3,847 Increase18.9
10. new Total International Passengers 3,234 3,847 Increase18.9 [1]

South Australia

Adelaide

Adelaide Airport - International
No ↑ ↓ City Airport Country Passengers
Jan 2017		 Passengers
Jan 2018		 % ↑ ↓ Notes
1. — Singapore Singapore Changi Airport  Singapore 21,196 20,191 4.7↓
2. 1↑ Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport  Indonesia 13,021 18,781 44.2↑ [12]
3. 1↓ Dubai Dubai International Airport  UAE 19,036 18,336 3.7↓
4. — Doha Hamad International Airport  Qatar 10,257 13,358 30.2↑
5. 2↑ Auckland Auckland Airport  New Zealand 7,553 8,813 16.6↑
6. 1↓ Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport  Hong Kong 9,254 8,681 6.2↓
7. 1↓ Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport  Malaysia 8,805 8,040 8.7↓
8. — Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport  China 5,155 7,576 46.9↑
9. new Nadi Nadi International Airport  Fiji new 1,808 new [13]
94,277 105,584 12.0↑ [1]

Victoria

Melbourne

No
#		 IncreaseDecrease To Country
& City		 To
Airport		 PAX
May 2014		 PAX
May 2015		 %
IncreaseDecrease		 Notes
1. Steady  Singapore Singapore Singapore Changi Airport SIN WSSS 87,494 87,451 Decrease0.1
2. Steady  New Zealand Auckland Auckland Airport AKL NZAA 76,175 86,739 Increase13.9
3. Steady  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport KUL WMKK 67,490 54,899 Decrease18.7
4. Steady  Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport HKG VHHH 47,191 52,254 Increase10.7
5. Increase2  Indonesia Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport DPS WADD 34,777 47,007 Increase35.2
6. Decrease1  United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport DXB OMDB 43,776 45,616 Increase4.2
7. Decrease1  United States of America Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport LAX KLAX 39,573 40,716 Increase2.9
8. Steady  Thailand Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport BKK VTBS 22,116 25,832 Increase16.8
9. Steady  New Zealand Christchurch Christchurch International Airport CHC NZCH 18,968 19,404 Increase2.3
10. Steady  China Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport CAN ZGGG 17,387 18,734 Increase7.7
11. Increase2  China Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVG ZSPD 16,178 18,137 Increase12.1
12. Increase2  New Zealand Wellington Wellington International Airport WLG NZWN 14,414 18,132 Increase25.8
13. Decrease2  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport AUH OMAA 16,933 15,876 Decrease6.2
14. Decrease2  Qatar Doha Doha International Airport DOH OTBD 16,197 15,761 Decrease2.7
15. Steady  Fiji Nadi Nadi International Airport NAN NFFN 13,580 13,811 Increase6.5
16. Increase1  Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGN VVTS 9,266 9,906 Increase6.9
17. Increase1  Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei International Airport BWN WBSB 9,078 9,595 Increase5.7
18. Decrease2  United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport LHR EGLL 10,316 8,977 Decrease12.9
19. Steady  Japan Tokyo Narita International Airport NRT RJAA 6,331 7,631 Increase20.5
20. Steady  Thailand Phuket Phuket International Airport HKT VTSP 6,018 7,382 Increase22.7
21. Steady  United States Honolulu Honolulu International Airport HNL PHNL 4,896 7,023 Increase43.4
22. Increase1  Philippines Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL RPLL 4,416 5,367 Increase21.6
23. Decrease3  China Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport CTU ZUUU 2,854 4,672 Increase63.7
24. Decrease2  India Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport DEL VIDP 4,436 4,443 Increase0.2
25. Decrease1  Indonesia Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport CGK WIII 3,815 3,799 Decrease0.4
26. Decrease1  New Zealand Queenstown Queenstown International Airport ZQN NZQN 3,132 3,242 Increase3.5
27. Steady  China Beijing Capital International Airport PEK ZBAA 2,686 2,646 Decrease1.5
28. new  New Caledonia Nouméa La Tontouta International Airport NOU NWWW new 1,430 new [14]
2. Steady Total International Passengers 599,493 636,482 Increase6.2 [1]

Western Australia

Perth

Perth Airport - International
No ↑ ↓ City Airport Country Passengers
Sept 2016		 Passengers
Sept 2017		 % ↑ ↓ Notes
1. — Singapore Singapore Changi Airport  Singapore 94,936 95,653 0.7↑
2. — Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport  Indonesia 82,251 77,411 5.9↓ [12]
3. — Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport  Malaysia 58,206 53,284 8.4↓
4. — Dubai Dubai International Airport  UAE 37,853 37,608 0.6↓
5. — Doha Hamad International Airport  Qatar 18,800 19,536 3.9↑
6. — Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport  Hong Kong 18,552 18,204 1.9↓
7. — Auckland Auckland Airport  New Zealand 15,352 14,875 3.1↓
8. — Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport  UAE 14,623 14,275 2.4↓
9. — Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport  South Africa 12,924 13,056 1.0↓
10. — Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport  Thailand 10,223 11,983 17.2↑
11. — Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport  China 6,733 6,287 6.6↓
12. 1↑ Port Louis Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport  Mauritius 3,734 4,734 26.8↑
13. 1↓ Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport  Indonesia 4,168 4,323 3.7↑
14. — Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu International Airport  Malaysia 857 1,003 17.0↑
379,212 372,232 1.8↓ [1]

Port Hedland

No
#		 IncreaseDecrease To Country
& City		 To
Airport		 PAX
Jan 2016		 PAX
Jan 2017		 %
IncreaseDecrease		 Notes
1. Steady  Indonesia Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport DPS WADD 1,045 612 Decrease41.4
4. Steady Total International Passengers 1,045 612 Decrease41.4 [1]

External Territories

Norfolk Island

No
#		 IncreaseDecrease To Country
& City		 To
Airport		 PAX
Jan 2016		 PAX
Jan 2017		 %
IncreaseDecrease		 Notes
1. Steady  New Zealand Auckland Auckland Airport AKL NZAA 943 1,095 Increase16.1
4. Steady Total International Passengers 943 1,095 Increase16.1 [1]

Airport Rank

Adelaide Airport - International
Rank ↑ ↓ City Airport State Passengers
Sept 2016		 Passengers
Sept 2017 [1]		 % ↑ ↓ Passengers
YTD 20161		 Passengers
YTD 20171		 % ↑ ↓
1. — Sydney Sydney Airport  New South Wales 1,247,507 1,327,350 6.4↑ 11,132,786 11,826,129 6.2↑
2. — Melbourne Melbourne Airport  Victoria 803,333 866,933 7.9↑ 7,092,887 7,573,899 6.8↑
3. — Brisbane Brisbane Airport  Queensland 472,962 493,168 4.3↑ 4,011,060 4,224,107 5.3↑
4. — Perth Perth Airport  Western Australia 379,212 372,232 1.8↓ 3,236,584 3,269,140 1.0↑
5. — Gold Coast Gold Coast Airport  Queensland 96,880 87,763 9.4↓ 813,371 798,842 1.8↓
6. — Adelaide Adelaide Airport  South Australia 83,152 87,033 4.6↑ 678,543 711,554 4.9↑
— Canberra Canberra Airport  Australian Capital Territory 3,205 7,274 127.0↑ 3,205 60,875 ↑
83,152 87,033 4.6↑ tba tba tba [1]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 International Airline Activity—Monthly Publications
  2. ↑ Air India to fly Boeing 787 to Sydney, Melbourne from August
  3. ↑ Sydney Airport welcomes China Eastern Nanjing route
  4. ↑ Qantas bids farewell to Frankfurt
  5. ↑ "Air Canada launches direct flights from Brisbane to Vancouver". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Paradise lost: Jetstar cancels Brisbane-Honolulu flights". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cairns' anger after Qantas dumps Cairns-Port Moresby flights". Cairns Post. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Hong Kong Airlines boosts flights to Cairns". Tropic Now. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Whole lotta Seoul for Cairns with direct to Korea flights". Cairns Post. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Jetstar ends Wuhan scheduled charters in late-Sep 2016". Routes Online. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Jetstar cans direct flights between Gold Coast and Fiji due to lack of demand". Routes Online. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Tigerair permanently withdraws from Bali". Australian Aviation. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Fiji Airways heading to Adelaide". Australian Aviation. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Melbourne Airport welcomes AirCalin". Melbourne Airport. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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