ASX Release

20 January 2021

Sydney Airport Traffic Performance December 2020

PAX1

Monthly Performance

Year-to-Date Performance

('000s)

Dec-20

Dec-19

Growth (%)

YTD-20

YTD-19

Growth (%)

Domestic

659

2,348

-71.9%

7,450

27,538

-72.9%

International2

44

1,605

-97.3%

3,794

16,898

-77.5%

Total

703

3,953

-82.2%

11,244

44,435

-74.7%

Total passenger traffic in December 2020 was 703,000 passengers, down 82.2% on the prior corresponding period (pcp).

Domestic passengers totalled 659,000 for December 2020, down 71.9% on the pcp. The modest recovery in domestic traffic was driven by a brief window where unrestricted travel was permitted betweenall states and territories.

44,000 international passengers passed through Sydney Airport in December, down 97.3% on the pcp. The downturn in international passenger traffic is expected to persist until government travel restrictions are eased.

Top 10 Nationalities travelling through Sydney Airport3

Rank

Nationality

Growth (%)

Rank

Nationality

Growth (%)

Dec-20

YTD-20

Dec-20

YTD-20

1

Australia

-97.9%

-79.1%

6

United Kingdom

-98.7%

-70.4%

2

China (Including Hong Kong)

-94.7%

-81.0%

7

South Korea

-98.3%

-79.7%

3

New Zealand

-95.7%

-78.6%

8

Japan

-97.7%

-79.3%

4

India

-94.7%

-72.9%

9

France

-97.8%

-73.2%

5

United States of America

-98.5%

-75.1%

10

Vietnam

-96.2%

-73.8%

  • 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.
  • Includes Domestic-on-Carriage
  • All data is for arriving and departing international passengers. All data is taken from management accounts, is provisional and subject to revision. All data has been rounded to the nearest thousand and in some instances the total may not be equal to the sum of the parts. Percentage changes have been calculated based on actual figures.

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Last 12 Months' Traffic Data

PAX

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

2020-

12 months to

Growth

('000s)

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Dec-20

Dec-19

%

Dom

2,276

1,988

1,319

49

62

140

276

91

98

187

308

659

7,450

27,538

-72.9%

Int

1,656

1,098

689

44

30

34

42

41

35

38

42

44

3,794

16,898

-77.5%

Total

3,932

3,086

2,008

93

93

174

317

131

133

225

350

703

11,244

44,435

-74.7%

Authorised for release by the Sydney Airport Disclosure Committee

Contacts for further information

Rob Catterall

Josh Clements

Head of Investor Relations

Head of Media and Communications

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+61 2 9667 6418

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+61 2 9667 9590

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+61 412 111 016

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+61 437 033 479

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rob.catterall@syd.com.au

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josh.clements@syd.com.au

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