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Cathay Pacific Group releases combined traffic figures for December 2017

Cathay Pacific Group releases combined traffic figures for December 2017

Cathay Pacific Group today released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for December 2017 that show an increase in both the number of passengers carried and cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2016.

Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of 3,051,564 passengers last month – an increase of 3.1% compared to December 2016. The passenger load factor dropped 0.4 percentage points to 84.6%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 4.1%. For 2017 as a whole, the number of passenger carried increased by 1.4% while capacity rose by 2.8%.

The two airline s carried 192,190 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 10.2% compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 2.4 percentage points to 71.9%. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, was up by 5.7% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) increased by 9.2%. For 2017 as a whole, the tonnage rose by 10.9% against a 3.6% increase in capacity and a 9.0% increase in RTKs.

Cathay Pacific Director Commercial and Cargo Ronald Lam said: “Business traffic prior to the holiday period continued to be strong, while frontend leisure demand over Christmas was high, especially on regional routes. The backend performance was also robust, which was partially driven by a growing demand for premium economy class travel. On 23 December 2017, we established a new record in the number of passengers carried in a single day. Routes to the UK and Europe were particularly popular during the month, while routes to Japan and Taiwan also performed well, with both volume and yield improvements recorded.

“Meanwhile, cargo’s strong momentum continued well into December, with volumes growing well ahead of capacity. We were able to sustain a high load factor and high yield during the month. As a result, revenue efficiency gains were observed in all route groups. Not only did our home market of Hong Kong perform well, strong cargo feed from across the network enabled us to achieve an all-time weekly tonnage uplift record in the week ending 9 December. In terms of the nature of commodities carried, perishables were much in demand in the lead up to the festive season.”

 

 

CATHAY PACIFIC / CATHAY DRAGON COMBINED TRAFFIC

DEC

% Change

Cumulative

%

Change

 

2017

VS DEC 16

 

DEC 2017

 

YTD

 

RPK (000)

 

 

 

 

 - Mainland China

727,189

4.7%

9,056,836

1.2%

 - North East Asia

1,391,782

-0.5%

15,849,797

2.0%

 - South East Asia

1,613,460

1.5%

17,679,731

-0.7%

- India, Middle East, Pakistan & Sri Lanka

647,289

2.8%

7,000,750

-3.7%

 - South West Pacific & South Africa

1,795,087

7.3%

17,379,839

0.4%

 - North America

2,912,992

1.9%

34,349,701

0.7%

 - Europe

2,088,392

7.1%

25,346,180

12.7%

RPK Total (000)

11,176,191

3.5%

126,662,834

2.6%

Passengers carried

3,051,564

3.1%

34,819,871

1.4%

Cargo and mail revenue tonne km (000)

1,103,297

9.2%

11,633,452

9.0%

Cargo and mail carried (000kg)

192,190

10.2%

2,055,808

10.9%

Number of flights

6,979

2.5%

80,231

1.8%

 

CATHAY PACIFIC / CATHAY DRAGON COMBINED CAPACITY

DEC

% Change

Cumulative

%

Change

 

2017

VS DEC 16

 

DEC 2017

YTD

 

ASK (000)

 

 

 

 

 - Mainland China

1,002,131

5.3%

11,810,609

2.3%

 - North East Asia

1,631,663

-1.3%

18,953,462

-1.6%

 - South East Asia

1,880,301

1.8%

21,054,737

-0.4%

- India, Middle East, Pakistan & Sri Lanka

757,683

-2.8%

8,453,224

-7.8%

 - South West Pacific & South Africa

2,083,238

13.0%

20,502,144

4.1%

 - North America

3,390,282

0.6%

40,406,780

2.8%

 - Europe

2,464,286

9.6%

28,957,159

11.6%

ASK Total (000)

13,209,584

4.1%

150,138,115

2.8%

Passenger load factor

84.6%

-0.4pt

84.4%

-0.1pt

Available cargo/mail tonne km (000)

1,535,346

5.7%

17,162,665

3.6%

Cargo and mail load factor

71.9%

2.4pt

67.8%

3.4pt

ATK (000)

2,791,413

4.9%

31,438,522

3.2%

 

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