Thai Airways pax down 4% with 74% load factor in Aug-2016, cargo up 9%

Thai Airways reported (19-Sep-2016) the following traffic highlights in Aug-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 1.5 million, -3.9% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): -4.1%;
• • Domestic: -2.9%;
  • Regional: -2.8%;
  • Australia: +5.3%;
  • Europe: -1.7%;
• Passenger load factor: 74.1%, 5.1 ppts;
• • Domestic: 83.2%, -2.1 ppts;
  • Regional: 71.7%, -7.6 ppts;
  • Australia: 70.8%, +4.3 ppts;
  • Europe: 78.6%, -4.7 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 47,022 tons, +9.3%;
• Cargo load factor: 55.8%, -1.9 ppts. [more - original PR]