Question On Notice No. 6409 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 15 September 2020 by Mr D.C. Nalder
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to your response provided on 6 August 2019 on the government's total cost of intrastate airfares for 2018-19 (to 31 May 2019) which totalled $26,977,112, and ask:
(a) How many flights in total does this represent;
(b) How many flight paths are there in regional Western Australia and how many flights were taken on each regional flight path during this period; and
(c) What was the total spend on each flight path during this period?
Answered on 3 November 2020
The Department of Finance advises:
(a) The abovementioned total represents 67,549 intrastate flight bookings.
(b-c) The total number of accessible flight paths in regional Western Australia should be asked of the Minister for Transport.
Sixty-seven flight paths were booked by WA Public Authorities through the Travel Management Services Common Use Arrangement (CUA). The CUA is mandatory for all WA Public Authorities for domestic air travel bookings on Regular Public Transport routes. The table below summarises the top 30 intrastate flight paths in the period, representing 99.7 per cent of intrastate bookings and 99.6 per cent of expenditure. All amounts stated are exclusive of GST, airport fees and charges.
Flight Path
(includes bi-directional traffic and multi-segment trips)
|
Booking Count
|
Expenditure
2018-19 (to 31 May 2019)
$
|
Perth – Broome1
|
16,083
|
5,754,302
|
Perth – Karratha2
|
10,186
|
5,002,301
|
Perth – Kununurra3
|
5,802
|
3,409,316
|
Perth - Port Hedland4
|
7,561
|
3,260,379
|
Perth - Kalgoorlie-Boulder5
|
7,979
|
2,498,361
|
Perth - Geraldton
|
6,168
|
1,471,852
|
Perth - Albany
|
3,483
|
1,060,746
|
Perth - Newman
|
2,051
|
1,001,191
|
Perth - Paraburdoo
|
1,580
|
822,029
|
Broome - Kununurra
|
1,772
|
794,345
|
Perth - Learmonth
|
1,626
|
508,711
|
Perth - Esperance
|
1,339
|
480,485
|
Perth - Carnarvon
|
764
|
322,847
|
Perth - Onslow
|
364
|
110,135
|
Perth - Christmas Island6
|
131
|
79,597
|
Karratha - Broome
|
76
|
51,974
|
Perth - Monkey Mia
|
63
|
31,191
|
Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Geraldton
|
71
|
25,826
|
Meekatharra - Perth
|
27
|
18,349
|
Broome - Halls Creek
|
30
|
17,612
|
Kununurra - Karratha
|
22
|
16,910
|
Broome - Port Hedland
|
27
|
16,206
|
Broome - Fitzroy Crossing
|
24
|
15,203
|
Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Kununurra
|
18
|
15,176
|
Kununurra - Port Hedland
|
18
|
15,105
|
Newman - Karratha
|
17
|
14,812
|
Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Broome
|
23
|
14,338
|
Geraldton - Port Hedland
|
21
|
12,898
|
Geraldton - Karratha
|
22
|
11,182
|
Geraldton - Kununurra
|
10
|
9,817
|
Subtotal
|
67,358
|
26,863,197
|
Other routes
|
191
|
113,915
|
TOTAL
|
67,549
|
26,977,112
|
1 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (60 per cent); Education (8 per cent); Communities (8 per cent); Justice (5 per cent); WA Police (4 per cent).
2 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (56 per cent); Education (10 per cent); Communities (6 per cent); Justice (4 per cent); WA Police (5 per cent).
3 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (49 per cent); Communities (14 per cent); Education (8 per cent); Justice (6 per cent); WA Police (5 per cent).
4 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (55 per cent); Education (10 per cent); Communities (6 per cent); Justice (4 per cent); WA Police (6 per cent); Main Roads WA (4 per cent).
5 Over 80 per cent of bookings were made by Departments of Health (43 per cent); Education (11 per cent); Justice (11 per cent); Communities (9 per cent); Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (5 per cent); WA Police (5 per cent).
6 As travel to the Australian Territories of Christmas and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is of an operational nature, it is treated as intrastate travel according to Premier’s Circular 2014/02 (Guidelines for official air travel by Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and Government Officers).