Cathay Pacific, Dragonair suffer 7.3% drop in passengers

Even PLF dipped 3.4ppt.

According to an HKEx release, Cathay Pacific Airways released combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for January 2013 that show a drop in the number of passengers carried compared to the same month in 2012, alongside a significant year-on-year increase in cargo and mail tonnage.

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 2,327,071 passengers in January– a drop of 7.3% compared to the same month last year.

The passenger load factor fell by 3.4 percentage points to 78 .5%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), saw a 6.3% decline.

The two airlines carried 132,792 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 14.2% compared to January 2012. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 3.1 percentage points to 63%.

Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 2.4%, while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres were up by 7.7%.