HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – The Cathay Pacific Group reported an attributable profit of HK$347 million for the first six months of 2014. This compares to a profit of HK$24 million in the first half of 2013.
The Group’s passenger revenue in the first six months of 2014 increased by 4.4% to HK$36,520 million compared to the same period in 2013.
In the first half of 2014, the passenger capacity of Cathay Pacific and Dragonair increased by 5.3% compared to the same period in 2013. Cathay Pacific’s capacity grew by 5.2%. Dragonair’s capacity grew by 6.2%.
At 30th June 2014, Cathay Pacific operated 142 aircraft and Dragonair operated 40 aircraft (a total of 182 aircraft). We had 90 new aircraft on order for delivery up to 2024.
In the second half of 2014, we will take delivery of 11 new aircraft, two of them were delivered in July and two of them were scheduled to be delivered in August.