The long queues we have all become accustomed to seeing at airports this year may suggest that they have never been busier, but the truth is that air traffic is still lower than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sydney Airport today released its June traffic performance report, which revealed it had 2,564,716 passengers this month, 25% less than in June 2019.
Domestic traffic is approaching pre-pandemic levels, 10.6% less than in 2019, but the number of international passengers is barely half what it was before.
General Manager Geoff Culbert said the airport was still working to improve its service to travelers.
“The increase in travel demand is encouraging, but it is clearly creating challenges for an industry that is still trying to rebuild itself operationally,” he said.
“With the long June weekend and the peak of the school holidays behind us, we will continue to work on our operational recovery along with our airlines and each of the airport’s 800 organizations.”