International traveller numbers decreased by nearly 5 million to 1.4 million passengers for the calendar year, resulting in a 78 per cent decrease on 2019. More than one million of these arrived in the first two months of the year.
Domestic passenger numbers were 6.7 million, a reduction of 62.5% or close to 11.1 million fewer passengers than 2019.
In total, BNE recorded 8.1m passengers for calendar year 2020, 66.6% down or 16.1m fewer passengers than 2019.
'It will take many years for us to recover from the impacts of the virus, the resulting border closures and decline in consumer confidence,' he said.
In pre-COVID 2019 BNE averaged 55,000 domestic passenger movements per day. When interstate borders were closed, BNE averaged 11,000 passengers per day.
'At the height of border closures and travel restrictions, our
'After reaching the lows of 2020, our hope is 2021 brings the stability the industry requires to boost passenger confidence.
'Brisbane Airport remains the best-connected airport in the country and even during the hardest days of the lockdown, the airport kept its lights on supporting the resources sector's fly in and fly out operations and ensuring valuable freight reached its destinations.
'It is critical that there is a sustained period in which domestic borders remain open as Brisbane Airport will continue to be the major gateway from other states to our regional areas, and it will take some time for the corporate market to return to pre-COVID levels.
'The recent mid-January period where
The first 'safe travel zone' flight from
'We are eager to see quarantine-free travel in both directions across the
'This could be the difference between survival and collapse for many hundreds of businesses across our state.
'We will work with all agencies and relevant partners on both sides of the 'ditch' to make this happen sooner rather than later.'
International review
BNE achieved 1,382,198 international passengers for Calendar year 2020, 78.2% down or 4,966,395 passengers less than 2019.
As COVID-19 progressed in
At the start of 2020, BNE had 29 airlines operating to 32 international destinations.
By
With international borders essential closed and a weekly cap of 500 pax per week, remaining airlines have been predominantly focused on repatriation flights and freight in the second half of the year.
Domestic review
Brisbane Airport recorded 6,668,993 domestic passengers for calendar year 2020, 62.5% down or 11,097,808 passenger less than 2019.
At the beginning of 2020, BNE had 8 domestic airlines operating on average 1,400 weekly flights to 51 destinations.
By
Average daily pax volumes reached 27,000 pax per day for the month
Brisbane Airport Traffic Performance - 2020 calendar year*
2019 2020 Year-on-Year Growth
InternationalArrivals and Departures 6,346,082 1,380,394 -78.2%
Domestic on carriage 2,511 1,804 28.4%
Total International Passengers 6,348,593 1,382,198 78.2%
Domestic arrivals and departures 17,538,428 6,668,993 62.5%
Total passengers 23,620,839 8,051,191 66.6%
*The information contained in this document is for information purposes only.
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