Thai Airways International pax down 23% with 70% load factor in Jul-2014, cargo down 3%

Thai Airways International reports (21-Aug-2014) the following traffic highlights in Jul-2014:

• Passenger numbers: 1.4 million, -22.7% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): -13.4%;
• Passenger load factor: 70.2%, -5.1 ppts;
• • Domestic: 68%, -7.1 ppts;
  • Regional: 66.8%, -6.2 ppts;
  • Australia: 75.2%, -4.5 ppts;
  • Europe: 72.5%, -4.8 ppts;
  • North Pacific: 69.5%, +0.5 ppt;
  • Africa: 66.6%, -4.0 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 49,550 tons, -3.1%;
• Cargo load factor: 50.7%, +3.3 ppts. [more - original PR]