HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific and Dragonair) carried a total of 2,901,558 passengers in May – an increase of 11.8% compared to the same month last year.
The passenger load factor grew by 2.9 percentage points to 85.9% while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 7.5%. In the year to the end of May, passenger traffic grew by 9.1% while capacity was up by 6.5%
The two airlines carried 147,034 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 6.2% compared to May 2014. The cargo and mail load factor fell by 0.9 percentage points to 62.1%.
Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 11.1% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) flown increased by 9.5%.
In the year to the end of May, tonnage rose by 9.6% against a capacity increase of 9.6% and a 12.2% rise in RTKs.