CATHAY PACIFIC RELEASES NOVEMBER TRAFFIC FIGURES

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CATHAY PACIFIC RELEASES NOVEMBER TRAFFIC FIGURES

*Travel News Asia*	*Date: 21 December 2000*

Cathay Pacific Airways carried 932,656 passengers in November, a rise of 0.3% compared to the same month last year. For the year to date, the number of passengers has risen by 13.1% compared to the same period in 1999. Cargo saw particularly strong growth in November with a year-on-year increase of 10.5% in terms of tonnes of freight carried.

The November figures reflect the additional capacity Cathay Pacific has been adding to meet rising demand. The number of flights operated by the airline rose by 11% in November against the same month in 1999, while available seat kilometres rose by 7.9%, and available cargo/mail tonne kilometres by 14.8%.

Cathay Pacific’s General Manager Network Revenue Ian Shiu said: “In November we saw solid demand from both passengers and cargo shippers. We are continuing to add extra capacity to meet this rising demand.”

TRAFFIC	November	% change	Cumulative	Cumulative	%
	2000	from Nov 1999	Jan-Nov 2000	Jan-Nov 1999	Change
RPK (000)
- Europe	877,638	-0.4%	10,877,012	9,602,676	13.3%
- Pacific and South Africa	1,586,992	8.1%	17,512,776	15,309,260	14.4%
- North Asia	598,033	9.1%	6,720,111	5,800,453	15.9%
- South East Asia and Middle East	709,189	-0.1%	7,984,120	7,230,336	10.4%
RPK Total (000)	3,771,852	4.5%	43,094,020	37,942,725	13.6%
Passengers carried	932,656	0.3%	10,853,654	9,599,038	13.1%
Cargo and mail tonne km (000)	410,843	11.2%	3,801,926	3,464,470	9.7%
Freight carried (000Kg)	72,266	10.5%	703,872	608,184	15.7%
Number of flights	2,120	11.0%	22,385	20,553	8.9%

CAPACITY	November	% change	Cumulative	Cumulative	%
	2000	from Nov 1999	Jan-Nov 2000	Jan-Nov 1999	Change
ASK (000)
- Europe	1,226,343	7.7%	13,271,432	12,752,740	4.1%
- Pacific & South Africa	2,195,752	6.2%	23,082,013	21,372,504	8.0%
- North Asia	825,548	2.0%	9,059,134	8,645,951	4.8%
- South East Asia and Middle East	1,071,143	17.3%	10,953,581	10,310,589	6.2%
ASK Total (000)	5,318,786	7.9%	56,366,160	53,081,783	6.2%
Passenger load factor	70.9%	-2.3pt	76.5%	71.5%	5.0pt
Available cargo/mail tonne km(000)	545,012	14.8%	5,237,424	4,877,687	7.4%
Cargo and mail load factor	75.4%	-2.5pt	72.6%	71.0%	1.6pt
ATK (000)	1,050,955	11.3%	10,600,676	9,928,430	6.8%

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