| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 12th December 2006 |
Cathay Pacific Airways today released traffic figures for November 2006 that show a continued growth in both passenger and cargo traffic, the latter helped by the introduction of a new freighter service to Beijing.
Last month the airline carried a total of 1,374,726 passengers, up 7.1% on the same month in 2005. The passenger load factor was 78.7%, up 2.4 percentage points year on year, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), rose by 4.4%. Figures for the year to date show the number of passengers carried up 8.6% over last year, ahead of an 8.1% rise in ASKs.
The airline carried 109,413 tonnes of cargo in November, a 9.3% rise on the same month last year. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 7.8% in the same period. The month's cargo load factor was also up, by 1.8 percentage points, to 70.5%. The load factor for the year to date is 66.8%
Cathay Pacific General Manager Revenue Management, Sales & Distribution Ian Shiu said: "There is usually something of a passenger-traffic lull in November, but this year we were pleased by the high load factor and continued solid demand for travel. Business in the front-end continues to surpass expectations, and the situation overall is looking healthy as we move into the holiday peak."
Cathay Pacific Director & General Manager Cargo Ron Mathison said: "Demand out of Hong Kong and the Mainland held up well and our loads on key long-haul routes to Europe and the United States remained very high. The introduction of our new twice-weekly freighter service to Beijing is helping us tap into the growing market in Northern China, while five extra freighter flights a week to Shanghai from 1 December will give our Mainland business a further boost."
| TRAFFIC | Nov 2006 | % Change VS Nov 05 |
Cumulative Nov 2006 |
Cumulative Nov 2005 |
% Change |
| RPK (000) | |||||
| - North Asia | 827,353 | 12.4% | 9,114,993 | 8,426,838 | 8.2% |
| - South East Asia & Middle East | 1,190,550 | 5.8% | 12,607,458 | 11,761,714 | 7.2% |
| - Europe | 1,208,287 | 8.0% | 14,660,188 | 12,942,189 | 13.3% |
| - South West Pacific & South Africa | 1,055,146 | 11.1% | 10,175,377 | 9,782,365 | 4.0% |
| - North America | 1,561,629 | 4.6% | 18,282,670 | 16,146,123 | 13.2% |
| RPK Total (000) | 5,842,965 | 7.7% | 64,840,686 | 59,059,229 | 9.8% |
| Passengers carried | 1,374,726 | 7.1% | 15,232,734 | 14,026,359 | 8.6% |
| Cargo and mail tonne km (000) | 657,710 | 10.6% | 6,452,732 | 5,994,796 | 7.6% |
| Freight carried (000Kg) | 109,413 | 9.3% | 1,089,861 | 1,013,053 | 7.6% |
| Number of flights | 2,949 | 2.5% | 32,484 | 30,551 | 6.3% |
| CAPACITY | Nov 2006 | % Change VS Nov 05 |
Cumulative Nov 2006 |
Cumulative Nov 2005 |
% Change |
| ASK (000) | |||||
| - North Asia | 1,123,060 | 4.3% | 12,593,325 | 11,904,305 | 5.8% |
| - South East Asia & Middle East | 1,513,423 | 1.4% | 16,735,790 | 15,791,940 | 6.0% |
| - Europe | 1,524,378 | 11.9% | 17,302,501 | 14,715,163 | 17.6% |
| - South West Pacific & South Africa | 1,305,193 | 3.5% | 12,878,301 | 13,334,325 | -3.4% |
| - North America | 1,954,157 | 2.1% | 21,811,347 | 19,472,394 | 12.0% |
| ASK Total (000) | 7,420,211 | 4.4% | 81,321,264 | 75,218,127 | 8.1% |
| Passenger load factor | 78.7% | 2.4pt | 79.7% | 78.5% | 1.2pt |
| Available cargo/mail tonne km (000) | 933,371 | 7.8% | 9,447,963 | 8,968,716 | 5.3% |
| Cargo and mail load factor | 70.5% | 1.8pt | 68.3% | 66.8% | 1.5pt |
| ATK (000) | 1,639,006 | 6.3% | 17,181,372 | 16,123,272 | 6.6% |
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