Cathay Pacific Reports July 2010 Traffic

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair’s combined traffic figures for July 2010 make a significant increase in the number of passengers and amount of cargo and mail carried compared to the same month previous year.

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 2,485,244 passengers in July – up 19.5 percent on the same month previous year. The passenger load factor was 87.5 percent, a rise of 4 percentage points, while capacity for the month, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), was up by 8.8 percent. For the first seven months of 2010, the number of passengers carried was up by 10.1 percent compared to an ASK rise of 1.1 percent.

Cathay Pacific General Manager Revenue Management Tom Owen said, “Passenger demand remained firm as we moved into the normal summer peak month. In particular, demand to and from Hong Kong grew on both long-haul and regional routes compared to previous year. The China market was also quite solid. Responding to the seasonal demand, we operated a number of extra sectors to cater for our Hong Kong based passengers. We are also adding capacity in the previous quarter to enhance the network available from the Hong Kong hub as well as providing more scheduling convenience for our customers.”