Thursday 21 April 2022

Total passenger traffic in March 2022 was 1,844,817 passengers, down 49.5% on the corresponding period in 2019.

Domestic passenger traffic totalled 1,502,366 in March 2022, down 35.6% on the corresponding period in 2019. 342,451 international passengers passed through Sydney Airport in March 2022, down 74% on the corresponding period in 2019.

Sydney Airport CEO Geoff Culbert said: “We continue to see a steady recovery in domestic passenger numbers at 64% of pre-COVID levels, with an additional 500,000 domestic travellers making their way through the Domestic terminals in March.

While international passenger traffic is gradually improving, the pace is slower than domestic with international passengers at 26% of pre-COVID levels.”

1 Due to data availability, all international passenger numbers (including prior corresponding period comparisons) are based on Confirmed Airline Passenger (CAP) data. As per previous information releases, these figures may contain estimates with any adjustments to preliminary statistics included in the year-to-date results in future months

2 Includes Domestic-on-Carriage