[ET Net News Agency, 15 February 2018] Cathay Pacific Airways (00293) today released
combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for January that show a decrease
in number of passengers carried and an increase in cargo and mail uplifted compared to the
same month in 2017.
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of about 2.91 million passengers last
month, a decrease of 1.9% from a year earlier. The passenger load factor dropped 2.3
percentage points to 84.2%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs),
increased by 2.6%.
The two airlines carried 172,622 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of
14.2% compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 3.5
percentage points to 65.4%. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres,
was up by 4.6% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) increased by 10.5%.
(HL)