Thai Airways pax up 4% with 70% load factor in Sep-2016, cargo up 13%

Thai Airways reported (17-Oct-2016) the following traffic highlights in Sep-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 1.3 million, +4.3% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): +6.9%;
• • Domestic: +3.2%;
  • Regional: -2.3%;
  • Australia: +4.7%;
  • Europe: +3.5%;
• Passenger load factor: 69.5%, 0.6 ppt;
• • Domestic: 63.7%, +2.0 ppts;
  • Regional: 66.6%, -1.6 ppts;
  • Australia: 79.8%, +3.6 ppts;
  • Europe: 71.0%, +2.4 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 49,051 tons, +12.5%;
• Cargo load factor: 62.1%, -0.8 ppt. [more - original PR]