HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific Airways reported combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for October 2014 grew by 5% in passenger numbers, compared to the same month last year.
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 2,659,710 passengers in October–a year-on-year increase of 5.0%. The passenger load factor fell by 0.8 percentage points to 80.7% while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 6.8%.
For the year to the end of October, passenger volumes were up by 5.6% compared to a 6.0% increase in capacity.
The two airlines carried 156,590 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 14.0% compared to October last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 3.5 percentage points to 65.1%.
Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 12.3% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) flown were up by 18.7%.
For the year to the end of October, tonnage rose by 11.9% while capacity was up 11.4% and RTKs increased by 15.0%.