Thai Airways pax up 10% with 80% load factor in Aug-2017, cargo up 22%

Thai Airways reported (24-Sep-2017) the following traffic highlights for Aug-2017:

• Passengers: 1.7 million, +10.3% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): +15.1%;
  • Europe: +16.9%;
  • Regional: +15.6%;
  • Australia: +15.0%;
  • Domestic: -12.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 80.1%, +6.0ppts;
  • Domestic: 84.3%, +1.1ppts;
  • Europe: 83.6%, +5.0ppts;
  • Regional: 78.6%, +6.9ppts;
  • Australia: 77.4%, +6.6ppts;
• Cargo: 57,205 tons, +21.7%;
• Cargo load factor: 64.7%, +8.9ppts. [more - original PR]