Thai Airways pax down 1% to 1.6m in May-2018 on declining domestic traffic

Thai Airways reported (21-Jun-2018) the following traffic highlights for May-2018:

• Passengers: 1.6 million, -1.4% year-on-year;
• Passenger traffic (RPKs): -1.0%;
  • Domestic: -5.6%;
  • Regional: -1.8%;
  • Australia: +1.7%;
  • Europe: -0.4%;
• Passenger load factor: 72.0%, -3.6ppts;
  • Domestic: 67.9%, +1.8ppts;
  • Regional: 73.4%, -2.7ppts;
  • Australia: 74.0%, -1.5ppts;
  • Europe: 69.6%, -6.7ppts;
• Cargo: 58,739 tons, +12.6%;
• Cargo load factor: 61.9%, +2.4ppts. [more - original PR]