Thai Airways pax up 10% with 83% load factor in Jan-2017, cargo up 8%

Thai Airways reported (01-Mar-2017) the following traffic highlights in Jan-2017:

• Passenger numbers: 1.8 million, +10.3% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): +12.7%;
• • Domestic: -0.9%;
  • Regional: +13.2%;
  • Australia: +15.1%;
  • Europe: +13.0%;
• Passenger load factor: 83.1%, +5.8 ppts;
• • Domestic: 85.6%, +6.9 ppts;
  • Regional: 77.8%, +4.7 ppts;
  • Australia: 85.3%, +6.5 ppts;
  • Europe: 88.9%, +7.1 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 50,114 tons, +8.3%;
• Cargo load factor: 55.7%, -0.8 ppt. [more - original PR]