Cathay Pacific Airways today released combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for February 2012 that show the growth in passenger numbers falling short of capacity growth, while cargo and mail tonnage showed a slight increase over the same month last year.
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried a total of 2,117,621 passengers in February – a year-on-year rise of 4.0 per cent – while the passenger load factor dropped by 2.8 percentage points to 74.5 per cent. Capacity for the month, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), was up by 8.8 per cent. For the year to date, passenger numbers are up by 8.1 per cent compared to a capacity increase of 8.8 per cent.
