HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair reported a 2.9% rise in passenger numbers in June 2013, despite a capacity decrease, alongside yet another drop in cargo and mail tonnage.
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 2,484,683 passengers in June, compared to the same month last year.
The passenger load factor was up by 2.0 percentage points to 84.9%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), fell by 2.1%.
For the year to date, the number of passengers has increased by 1.3% while capacity has fallen by 4.8%.
The two airlines carried 122,170 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, a drop of 4.3% compared to June 2012. The cargo and mail load factor fell by 4.0 percentage points to 61.7%.
Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 2.2% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres were down by 4.0%.
For the year to date, tonnage has fallen by 1.8% compared to a 1.8% capacity decrease.