{"id":96657,"date":"2025-02-19T03:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/virgin-australia-surpasses-qantas-as-australias-dominant-domestic-airline\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T03:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:24:29","slug":"virgin-australia-surpasses-qantas-as-australias-dominant-domestic-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=96657","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Australia surpasses Qantas as Australia\u2019s dominant domestic airline"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Virgin Australia has surpassed flag carrier Qantas as Australia\u2019s dominant domestic airline according to data published by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). At the end of 2024, the privately owned low-cost carrier snuck past its larger rival in terms of passengers carried exclusively on internal flights within Australia throughout the 2024 calendar year.<\/p>\n

According to the competition watchdog\u2019s report, Virgin Australia<\/a> flights accounted for over a third of all domestic passengers for the year with a market share of 35%. While only edging ahead by the slimmest of margins (0.4%), the figure trumped the number achieved by Qantas at 34.6%.<\/p>\n

With Virgin Australia taking the largest share of the domestic market, the figures reflect a larger shift in dynamics that has taken place in the Australian airline industry over the past twelve months. Indeed, the event marks the first time that Qantas<\/a> has relinquished the top spot since 2022 following the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, not just in Australia but globally.<\/p>\n