Cathay Pacific Group pax up 5% in May-2019, cargo down 4%

Cathay Pacific Group reported (20-Jun-2019) the following combined traffic highlights for Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon for May-2019:

• Passengers: 3.0 million, +4.7% year-on-year;
• Passenger load factor: 82.9%, +0.9ppt;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): +7.8%;
  • South West Pacific: +15.0%;
  • Europe: +14.3%;
  • North America: +7.6%;
  • Northeast Asia: +6.9%;
  • South Asia, Middle East & Africa: +2.5%;
  • Southeast Asia: +1.3%;
  • China: -0.7%;
• Capacity (ASKs): +6.6%;
  
  • North America: +11.7%;
  • Europe: +9.0%;
  • Northeast Asia: +6.5%;
  • Southwest pacific: +4.6%;
  • Southeast Asia: +2.5%;
  • South Asia, Middle East & Africa: +1.2%;
  • China: -1.6%;
• Cargo: 168,270 tonnes, -3.9%;
• Cargo load factor: 63.9%, -4.7ppts;
• Flights: 6912, +2.0%. [more - original PR - Chinese/English]