July 2025 Monthly traffic update

Key points: • In July 2025 there was a total of 831k international passenger movements in the month, a 3% decrease compared to the same month in 2024. Excluding transits, international passenger movements for the month of July 2025 decreased by 2%. International seat capacity also declined 2% on the same month last year resulting in average load factors of 82%, a 0.5 percentage point decline on the year prior; • The decline in international passenger numbers during the month of July is partially explained by the timing of the New Zealand school holidays that started a week earlier this year on 28 June 2025. Passenger movements for New Zealand nationals declined by 2% for July 2025 when compared to the same month last year, but when comparing the school holiday weeks, passenger movements for New Zealand nationals increased by 3%. Passenger movements of Australian nationals increased by 5% for the month of July 2025, the increase largely attributable to the later timings of the Victoria and Queensland school holidays this year compared to last. Chinese nationals decreased by 13% due in part to the strong performance last year as a result of the World Choir Games that were held in Auckland in July 2024; • Passenger numbers and seat capacity on the short-haul international network were flat on last year returning the same load factors of 83%. Long-haul international load factors declined by 1.3 percentage points to 80% with passenger movements decreasing by 7% on 6% fewer seats; • Domestic passenger movements increased by 1% in the month of July 2025 when compared to the same month in the prior year with seat capacity increasing 3%, resulting in domestic load factors declining by 2.1 percentage points to 82%. Domestic trunk passengers and seat capacity increased by 3% and 5% year on year respectively with load factors of 83%; and • Queenstown Airport international passenger numbers in July 2025 increased 10% on the year prior and domestic passengers increased 4% on the same month last year. International passenger numbers reached a new all-time high with 105k in one month, beating the previous record set in January 2025.