[ET Net News Agency, 19 October 2018] Cathay Pacific Group released combined Cathay
Pacific Airways (00293) and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for September that show a
decrease in the number of passengers carried due to typhoon disruption and an increase in
cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2017.
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of 2,612,643 passengers last month, a
decrease of 1% compared to September 2017.
The passenger load factor decreased 0.2 percentage points to 80.8%, while capacity,
measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 0.7%.
In the first nine months of 2018, the number of passenger carried grew by 2.0% while
capacity increased by 3.1%.
The two airlines carried 180,623 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of
1.7% compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 1.1
percentage points to 69.2%.
Capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometres (AFTKs), was increased by 0.7%
while cargo and mail revenue freight tonne kilometres (RFTKs) increased by 2.3%.
In the first nine months of 2018, the tonnage rose by 6.4% against a 3.0% increase in
capacity and a 6.1% increase in RFTKs. (KL)