Cathay Pacific's and Dragonair's combined
traffic figures for October 2010 show significant increases in the
number of passengers and amount of cargo and mail carried compared
to the same month last year.
The two airlines carried a total of 2,293,507
passengers in October - up 14.1% on the same month in 2009. The
passenger load factor was 83.2%, a rise of 0.9 percentage points,
while capacity for the month, measured in available seat
kilometres (ASKs), was up by 12.6%. For the year to date, the
number of passengers carried is up 11.2% compared to an ASK rise
of 4%.
Cathay Pacific General Manager Revenue Management Tom Owen said,
"Once again we achieved high load factors across most of our
network in October, generating much improved revenue quality and
volumes in both the Economy and Premium cabins over recent years.
Benefitting from a significant rise in capacity, passenger demand
out of our key Hong Kong market remained robust, while the China
market continued to perform strongly, boosted by demand for the
last month of the Shanghai Expo and the Canton Trade Fairs."
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried 164,927
tonnes of cargo and mail last month, up 15.1% on October last
year. The cargo and mail load factor was 75.1%, a drop of 1.6
percentage points, while capacity, measured in available
cargo/mail tonne kilometres, was up by 26.6%. For the year to
date, tonnage has grown by 19.9% and cargo/mail tonne kilometres
was up by 25.1% compared to a capacity increase of 14.2%.
Cathay Pacific General Manager Cargo Sales & Marketing James
Woodrow said, "The cargo peak season kicked in last month, with
very strong demand out of Hong Kong on all major trunk routes.
Demand into Japan and Australia was a high as a result of the
strong currencies in both countries, and we put on additional
capacity out of Hanoi and Dhaka in response to an increase in
export shipments. October saw a big increase in capacity over the
same month in 2009, and though back to our full freighter schedule
we mounted extra sectors where possible to meet market demand."
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