Passenger growth for Hong Kong duo

BTN News
Friday, 11 June 2010
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair have reported  combined traffic figures for May 2010 showing significant rises in passengers compared to the same month in 2009.

The two airlines carried a total of 2,183,623 passengers in May – up 12.0 per cent on the same month last year. The passenger load factor was 81.3 per cent, a rise of 5.5 percentage points, while capacity for the month, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), was up by 2.8 per cent. In the first five months of the year, the number of passengers carried rose by 5.3 per cent compared to an ASK drop of 1.6 per cent.


Cathay Pacific general manager - Revenue Management Tom Owen said: "Our passenger business held up well in May, despite it traditionally being one of the softer months in the year. Volume and yield improved over the same month in 2009, when our business was being hit hard by the economic downturn and regional flights were affected by the swine flu outbreak. The China network in particular performed well, boosted by Shanghai Expo demand. Although still below pre-crisis levels, the pick-up in demand in our premium cabins continued last month and the overall outlook for the summer peak still remains solid.”
 

Passenger growth for Hong Kong duo

BTN News
Friday, 11 June 2010
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair have reported  combined traffic figures for May 2010 showing significant rises in passengers compared to the same month in 2009.

The two airlines carried a total of 2,183,623 passengers in May – up 12.0 per cent on the same month last year. The passenger load factor was 81.3 per cent, a rise of 5.5 percentage points, while capacity for the month, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), was up by 2.8 per cent. In the first five months of the year, the number of passengers carried rose by 5.3 per cent compared to an ASK drop of 1.6 per cent.


Cathay Pacific general manager - Revenue Management Tom Owen said: "Our passenger business held up well in May, despite it traditionally being one of the softer months in the year. Volume and yield improved over the same month in 2009, when our business was being hit hard by the economic downturn and regional flights were affected by the swine flu outbreak. The China network in particular performed well, boosted by Shanghai Expo demand. Although still below pre-crisis levels, the pick-up in demand in our premium cabins continued last month and the overall outlook for the summer peak still remains solid.”