Total seat volume on inbound flights is stuck at 59 per cent of 2019 levels, and isn’t predicted to hit 76 per cent of pre-pandemic figures until the second quarter of 2023, analysis by Tourism Australia shows.
The lack of available seats is hurting the local tourism industry, which relied on annual income of almost $46 billion from international travellers before COVID-19 hit. Phillipa Harrison, Tourism Australia managing director, at the launch of Tourism Australia’s “Come and Say G’day” campaign at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan on October 11.with figures on the number of inbound airline seats now versus 2019, collated using the global distribution system used by airlines and other travel suppliers to record ticket bookings.
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