The recently-released figures by Australia's foremost airline, Qantas Airways, reveal that there has been a 6.7 percent year-on-year increase in the carrier's passenger figures in October.

The airline filled 83.3 percent of its seats during the month, marking a rise of 3.4 percentage points over the year-before figures. Meanwhile, the passenger loads showed an increase of 2.7 percentage points to 82.6 per cent in the same period.

Meanwhile, revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) for the carrier increased 3.2 percent, though available seat kilometres (ASKs) dropped by 1.1 per cent; thereby resulting in an 83.3 percent increase in the revenue seat factor - which is 3.4 percentage points higher than last year.

However, in its endeavor to pull itself out of a profit slump, the Qantas group - comprising QantasLink, Qantas Domestic, Jetstar Domestic, Qantas International and Jetstar International - has also announced an increase in its fares on 14 key routes within the country.

As per the information forwarded by The Age, some of the fares have been hiked by up to $10 per sector, and the carrier has updated the travel agents about the increase.

With the carrier expecting an improvement in business conditions in the coming times, a Qantas spokesman, commenting on the fare hike, said that the increase was "just part of our periodic review of fares."