For immediate release
9 May 2000
Cathay Pacific Airways carried a total of 962,340 passengers in March, bringing the total for the first three months of the year to 2.78 million, an 8% advance over the year before. The airline also carried 68,559 tonnes of freight, bringing the total for the year to 171,619 tonnes, 11.7% above the same period in 1999.
The strongest growth of passenger demand has been in North Asia with traffic now 13.4% ahead of 1999. The overall passenger load factor for March was 74.6% and the cargo and mail load factor was a strong 78.1%.
Cathay Pacific's General Manager Network Revenue Ian Shiu said: "We are encouraged to see growth continue across most of our routes, particularly heartening is the recovery in one of our largest markets Japan. Cargo has performed exceptionally well in line with the general pick-up in business sentiment across the region."
TRAFFIC March Cumulative Cumulative %
2000 Jan-Mar 2000 Jan-Mar 1999 change
RPK (000)
- Europe 973,551 2,668,547 2,448,500 9.0%
- Pacific and South Africa 1,504,621 4,611,916 4,490,769 2.7%
- North Asia 599,744 1,691,492 1,491,393 13.4%
- South East Asia
and Middle East 716,256 2,080,446 1,942,454 7.1%
RPK Total (000) 3,794,173 11,052,402 10,373,116 6.5%
Pax carried 962,340 2,788,549 2,582,965 8.0%
Cargo and mail
tonne km (000) 364,448 917,352 864,371 6.1%
Freight carried (000 kg) 68,559 171,619 153,658 11.7%
Number of flights 2,028.5 5,801.0 5,795.5 0.1%
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CAPACITY March Cumulative Cumulative %
2000 Jan-Mar 2000 Jan-Mar 1999 change
ASK (000)
- Europe 1,198,635 3,485,258 3,596,113 - 3.1%
- Pacific and South Africa 2,114,362 6,211,123 6,410,478 - 3.1%
- North Asia 822,456 2,437,899 2,476,718 - 1.6%
- South East Asia
and Middle East 950,357 2,799,898 2,912,429 - 3.9%
ASK Total (000) 5,085,810 14,934,179 15,395,738 - 3.0%
Pax load factor 74.60% 74.01% 67.38% 6.6pt
Available cargo/mail
tonne km (000) 466,781 1,281,349 1,278,384 0.2%
Cargo and mail load factor 78.08% 71.59% 67.61% 4.0pt
ATK (000) 950,808 2,702,513 2,743,200 - 1.5%
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