[ET Net News Agency, 18 January 2018] Cathay Pacific Airways (00293) released combined
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for December 2017 that show an increase
in both the number of passengers carried and cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same
month in 2016.
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of about 3.05 million passengers last
month, an increase of 3.1% from a year earlier. The passenger load factor dropped 0.4
percentage points to 84.6%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs),
increased by 4.1%. For 2017 as a whole, the number of passenger carried increased by 1.4%
while capacity rose by 2.8%.
The two airlines carried 192,190 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of
10.2% compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 2.4
percentage points to 71.9%. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres,
was up by 5.7% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) increased by 9.2%. For
2017 as a whole, the tonnage rose by 10.9% against a 3.6% increase in capacity and a 9.0%
increase in RTKs. (HL)