Cathay Pacific Group pax down 11%, cargo down 14% in Aug-2019

Cathay Pacific Group reported (11-Sep-2019) the following combined traffic highlights for Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon for Aug-2019:

• Passengers: 2.9 million, -11.3% year-on-year;
• Passenger load factor: 79.9%, -7.2ppts;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): -3.6%;
  • Europe: +3.3%;
  • South West Pacific: +3.2%;
  • North America: +1.0%;
  • South Asia, Middle East & Africa: -2.5%;
  • Southeast Asia: -8.0%;
  • Northeast Asia: -11.8%;
  • China: -28.1 %;
• Capacity (ASKs): +5.1%;
  • North America: +12.0%;
  • Europe: +8.5%;
  • South Asia, Middle East & Africa: +4.8%;
  • Northeast Asia: +2.3%;
  • Southeast Asia: +0.9%;
  • Southwest pacific: +0.3%;
  • China: -9.3%;
• Cargo: 161,394 tonnes, -14.0%;
• Cargo load factor: 60.9%, -7.5ppts;
• Flights: 6877, -3.6%. [more - original PR - Chinese/English]