According to RadarBox.com data, Australia hosted a daily average of 231 international flight movements across its airports between July 9 and July 16. In the equivalent period last year, the average daily number was 302. In the same week in 2019, the average daily number was 728.
According to the latest estimates, there are approximately 100,000 flights per day. This number includes all types of flights, including passenger, cargo, and military aircraft. Passenger flights alone account for over 90,000 flights per day, transporting millions of passengers to destinations all around the world.
In the financial year 2022, the total number of international flights in Australia amounted to 66.86 thousand. In the fiscal year 2020, the number of flights was significantly higher with a total of 159.73 thousand flights.
There were a total of 28,473 aircraft movements this month (daily average 918.48). Last month there were a total of 25,946 movements (daily average 926.64) and for the same month last year there were a total of 28,682 movements (daily average 925.23).
Australia has four main domestic airline carriers Qantas Domestic, Virgin Australia, Jetstar, and Rex.
In the year to December 2022, the most popular domestic air travel route in Australia was from Melbourne to Sydney; over the course of the year, around seven million passengers were carried on this route.
Atlanta (ATL) is the world's busiest airport in June 2023 with 5.3 million seats and Dubai International Airport (DXB) is the second busiest airport with 4.6 million seats.
ROUTES Qantas is Australia's leading domestic airline, operating more than 5,300 domestic flights a week (nearly 760 per day) and serving 67 destinations in all states and mainland territories.
On average, there are 37 flights per day from Sydney to Melbourne, and a total of 258 flights per week.
The busiest flight route in the world is the connection between Gimpo airport in the South Korean capital of Seoul and Jeju island, a popular travel destination for domestic Korean tourists.
Long haul flights must have two or three pilots on board.
If there are three pilots on board one will be the captain who flies the plane, the second will be the first officer or co-pilot. The third pilot is the flight engineer.
Daily. An airline transport pilot can fly up to 8 hours per 24 hour period and up to 10 hours if a second pilot is aboard. Pilots are required to rest a minimum of 16 hours postflight. Some variances to these regulations exist depending on the company's operations specifications.
Flying is still considered to be the safest way to travel, but accidents can happen. Roughly, there are between 70-90 plane crashes per year worldwide, including both commercial planes and privately-owned ones.
Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia's largest domestic and international airline.
Or you could take the world's longest flight. Starting in late 2025, Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways will launch the world's longest nonstop route from Australia's Sydney Airport to London's Heathrow Airport, an effort Qantas has dubbed Project Sunrise.
The breakdown of hiring over the next decade includes 4500 cabin crew, 1600 pilots, 800 engineers and 1600 other roles. Qantas group said by 2033 there will be an estimated 32,000 employees in comparison to the current 23,500.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Covering an area of 69.63 square kilometres, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the third-largest airport in the world.
Saudi Arabia's King Fahr International Airport covered by far the largest land area, more than ten times the size of the third biggest airport in the ranking, Dallas/Fort Worth International in the United States.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Acting as the primary international airport serving Atlanta, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is second busiest airport in the world by passenger numbers and aircraft movements.
Mabuiag Island Airport: The Home Of Australia's Shortest Commercial Runway. Mabuiag Island Airport (ICAO: YMMA; IATA: UBB) is situated on Mabuiag Island, Queensland, Australia. Despite being home to just under 300 people, the island is one of few in the Torres Strait to have an airport.
“The previous highest monthly total pax for April was 37,486 in 2019 so too eclipse that by nearly 10,000 proves that WCA probably the fastest growing regional airport in Australia,” Mayor Hall said.
Sydney Airport's main runway is one of the longest commercial runways in the world at just under 4km. It was extended to this length in the late 1970s so it could double as a designated emergency landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle until 1986.