HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair carried a total of 2,632,845 passengers last month – an increase of 5.8% compared to September 2014. 

The passenger load factor grew by 2.9 percentage points to 83.9% while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), grew by 3.4%.

In the year to the end of September, passenger traffic rose by 8.2% while capacity increased by 6.0%.

The two airlines carried 151,358 tonnes of cargo and mail in September, an increase of 2.8% compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 0.2 percentage points to 62.4%.

Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 3.0% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) flown increased by 3.4%.

In the year to the end of September, tonnage rose by 5.6% against a capacity increase of 7.2% and a 7.4% rise in RTKs.