Thai Airways International pax down 17% with 75% load factor in Aug-2014, cargo down 20%

Thai Airways International reports (25-Sep-2014) the following traffic highlights in Aug-2014:

• Passenger numbers: 1.6 million, -17.4% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): -8.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 75.3%, -2.7 ppts;
• • Domestic: 79.9%, -2.2 ppts;
  • Regional: 77.5%, -1.6 ppts;
  • Australia: 61.9%, -8.7 ppts;
  • Europe: 77.3%, -2.0 ppts;
  • North Pacific: 82%, +2.7 ppts;
  • Africa: 50.8%, -22.4 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 39,576 tons, -20%;
• Cargo load factor: 39.4%, -6.3 ppts. [more - original PR]