22-Nov-2024 10:04 AM
Cathay Pacific handles 2m pax in Oct-2024, up 20%
Cathay Pacific Group reported (21-Nov-2024) the following traffic highlights for Oct-2024:
- Passengers: 2.0 million, +19.6% year-on-year;
- RPK: +19.1%;
- ASK: +21.3%;
- Passenger load factor: 83.1%, -1.6pp;
- Cargo: 142,323 tonnes, +14.3%;
- Cargo load factor: 61.5%, +0.8pp. [more - original PR]
Background ✨
Cathay Pacific Group saw a year-on-year increase of 19.6% in passenger numbers and 14.3% in cargo volume in Oct-2024, following a consistent upward trend in recent months. In Sep-2024, passenger traffic grew by 17.8% and cargo by 10.9%1. Passenger load factors, however, decreased slightly each month from Jul-2024 to Oct-20242 3 1.