HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair carried a total of 2,594,459 passengers in May – an increase of 10.9% compared to the same month in 2013.
The passenger load factor climbed by 4.0 percentage points to 83.0%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 5.8%.
For the year to the end of May, the passenger volume rose by 6.8% compared to a 5.0% increase in capacity.
The two airlines carried 138,448 tons of cargo and mail in May, an increase of
13.9% compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by
1.9 percentage points to 63.0%.
Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 14.0% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) flown were up by 17.5%.
For the year to the end of May, tonnage rose by 7.3% while capacity was up by 10.9% and RTKs increased by 11.3%.