HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 2,778,590 passengers in October 2015, an increase of 8.1% compared to November 2014.

The passenger load factor grew by 4.5 percentage points to 84.9% while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), grew by 4.6%.

In the year to the end of November, passenger traffic rose by 8.1% while capacity increased by 5.9%.

The two online casino airlines carried 160,120 tonnes of cargo and mail in November, a 3.0% decrease compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor fell by 1.4 percentage points to 67%.

Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, dropped by 1.2% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) flown fell by 3.2%.

In the year to the end of November, tonnage rose by 4.6% against a capacity increase of 5.7% and a 5.7% rise in RTKs.