Thai Airways pax down 5% in Apr-2019, cargo down 18%

Thai Airways reported (22-May-2019) the following traffic highlights for Apr-2019:

• Passengers: 1.6 million, -5.3% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): -5.7%;
  • Domestic: +0.8%;
  • Regional: -4.4%;
  • Australia: -19.9%;
  • Europe: -2.2%;
• Passenger load factor: 81.1%, +0.2ppt;
  • Domestic: 80.2%, +8.2ppts;
  • Regional: 79.4%, -0.7ppt;
  • Australia: 83.5%, +1.3ppts;
  • Europe: 82.8%, +0.5ppt;
• Cargo: 46,990 tonnes, -18.4%;
• Cargo load factor: 52.9%, -9.5ppts. [more - original PR]