Qantas engineers and groundstaff during a two-hour work ban at Melbourne Airport earlier this year. Photo: Craig Abraham
Qantas says domestic flights carried 1.47 million passengers around Australia last month, down 1.3 per cent from the same month a year ago. Qantas international, however, carried 1.5 per cent more passengers.
Qantas mainline - planes with the white kangaroo on the red tail - domestic passenger numbers dropped 11.3 per cent in October, while international passengers carried fell 3.6 per cent.
Jetstar, which was not part of the fleet grounding of October 29, experienced a 5.5 per cent rise in passengers carried on its Australian domestic network in November, while its international operations passenger numbers grew by 9.3 per cent.
Jetstar Asia and regional operator QantasLink also reported passenger traffic increases.
Qantas shares gained 3¢ to $1.50.
