HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 2,381,020 passengers in February 2014, an increase of 1.8% compared to the same month last year.
The passenger load factor rose by 1.1 percentage points to 81.9%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 3.0%.
In the first two months of the year, the passenger volume rose by 5.5% compared to a 3.2% increase in capacity.
The two airlines carried 101,295 tonnes of cargo and mail in February, a drop of 2.4% compared to February 2013. The cargo and mail load factor fell by 1.8 percentage points to 59.3%. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, fell by 1.5% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres flown were down by 4.4%. In the first two months of the year, tonnage dropped by 1.8% against a capacity increase of 3.9%.