HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried 147,450 tons of cargo and mail in November 2013, an increase of 4.7% compared to November 2012. The cargo and mail load factor fell by 0.2 percentage points to 63.7%.

Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail ton kilometres, increased by 8.5% while cargo and mail revenue ton kilometres flown were up by 8.1%. For the year to date, tonnage has fallen by 1.1% while capacity has shown a 1.7% increase.

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 2,476,776 passengers in November, an increase of 4.9% compared to the same month last year.

The passenger load factor was up 2.1 percentage points to 81.3%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 3.1%. For the year to date, the number of passengers carried is up 3.3% against a capacity drop of 2.3%.