JQ market share up

JQ market share up

JETSTAR Airways has lifted its market share over the past five years to become Australia’s second biggest int’l carrier, overtaking rivals Virgin Australia, Emirates and Singapore Airlines.

In its annual International Airline Activity report for 2017-18, the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics said JQ carried 9.1% of int’l pax, behind the 16.7% carried by top carrier Qantas.

Others in the top 10 were SQ (8.1%), EK (8%), NZ (6.6%), VA (6.1%), CX (4.5%), D7 (3.5%), CZ (3.1%) and EY (3.1%).

Five years ago JQ was ranked fifth, while over the same period TG and MH have dropped out of the top 10.

Source: traveldaily