[ET Net News Agency, 16 January 2020] The Cathay Pacific Group (00293) today released
combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for December 2019 that show
decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted
compared to the same month in 2018.
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of 2.99 million passengers last month -
a decline of 3.6% compared to December 2018. Passenger load factor increased by 1.2
percentage points to 85%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs),
decreased by 1.3%. For 2019 as a whole, the number of passengers carried declined by 0.7%
against a 5.1% increase in capacity as compared to 2018.
The two airlines carried 177,561 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, a decrease of 2.9%
compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor declined by 1.3
percentage points to 66.4%. Capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometres
(AFTKs), was down by 3.8% while cargo and mail revenue freight tonne kilometres (RFTKs)
dropped by 5.7%. For 2019 as a whole, the tonnage fell by 6.1% against a 0.3% reduction in
capacity and a 6.7% decrease in RFTKs as compared to 2018. (RC)