18-Jan-2018 9:30 AM
Cathay Pacific pax up 3% in Dec-2017, 34.8m pax in 2017
Cathay Pacific reported (17-Jan-2018) the following traffic highlights:
- Dec-2017:
- Passengers: 3.1 million, +3.1% year-on-year;
- Passenger traffic (RPKs): +3.5%;
- South West Pacific & South Africa: +7.3%;
- Europe: +7.1%;
- China: +4.7%;
- India, Middle East, Pakistan & Sri Lanka: +2.8%;
- North America: +1.9%;
- Southeast Asia: +1.5%;
- Northeast Asia: -0.5%;
- Passenger load factor: 84.6%, -0.4ppt;
- Cargo: 192,190 tonnes, +10.2%;
- Cargo load factor: 71.9%, +2.4ppts;
- 2017:
- Passengers: 34.8 million, +1.4% year-on-year;
- Passenger traffic (RPKs): +2.6%;
- Europe: +12.7%;
- Northeast Asia: +2.0%;
- China: +1.2%;
- North America: +0.7%;
- South West Pacific & South Africa: +0.4%;
- Southeast Asia: -0.7%;
- India, Middle East, Pakistan & Sri Lanka: -3.7%;
- Passenger load factor: 84.4%, -0.1ppt;
- Cargo: 2.1 million tonnes, +10.9%;
- Cargo load factor: 67.8%, +3.4ppts. [more - original PR]