HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 3,091,478 passengers last month, an increase of 8.5% compared to August 2014. This is the first time that the two airlines have carried more than 3 million passengers in a single month.
The passenger load factor grew by 1.4 percentage points to 88.6% while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), grew by 6.1%. In the year to the end of August, passenger traffic rose by 8.5% while capacity increased by 6.4%.
The two airlines carried 148,109 tons of cargo and mail in August, an increase of 0.8% compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor fell by 1.9 percentage points to 60.6%.
Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 3.5% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) flown increased by 0.4%. In the year to the end of August, tonnage rose by 6.0% against a capacity increase of 7.8% and a 7.9% rise in RTKs.