| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 10th January 2008 |
Cathay Pacific Airways today released combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for December 2007 that show a double-digit growth in passenger numbers over the same month last year. Cargo tonnage also grew, but again lagged behind the growth in capacity.
In December the two airlines carried a total of 2,117,307 passengers, up 10.4% on December 2007, with the load factor rising by 1.4 percentage points to 80.8%. The capacity for the month, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), rose by 8.6%. For 2007 as a whole, Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried 23,253,427 passengers - 4.3% more than in the previous year - while capacity rose by 2.8%.
The two airlines carried a total of 147,800 tonnes of freight last month, a rise of 2.9% year on year, while the cargo and mail load factor remained static at 68.6%. Capacity for December rose by 6.9% - the same figure as for the year as a whole. In 2007 the airlines saw tonnage growth of 3.0% over 2006 to 1,641,853 tonnes.
Cathay Pacific General Manager Revenue Management, Sales & Distribution Ian Shiu said: "The robust growth in passenger traffic continued in December and a very busy holiday peak brought a strong year to a satisfactory close. We expect business to remain steady and bookings are healthy through the next peak at Chinese New Year."
Cathay Pacific Director & General Manager Cargo Ron Mathison said: "After a generally lacklustre year for the airfreight business, this year's seasonal peak was stronger and more prolonged than expected. We were pleased to see tonnage growth of 2.9% for the month, which again was driven by high demand for products manufactured in Mainland China."
| CATHAY PACIFIC / DRAGONAIR COMBINED TRAFFIC | DEC 2007 | % Change VS DEC 06 Note (i) |
% Change VS DEC 06 Note (ii) |
Cumulative DEC 2007 |
% Change YTD Note (i) |
% Change YTD Note (ii) |
| RPK (000) | ||||||
| - China | 493,987 | 1029.9% | 8.0% | 5,784,567 | 1048.3% | 1.2% |
| - North East Asia | 1,031,447 | 26.1% | 12.0% | 11,310,903 | 19.4% | 3.3% |
| - South East Asia & Middle East | 1,422,282 | 2.8% | -0.4% | 15,263,532 | 9.1% | 5.3% |
| - Europe | 1,366,489 | 9.7% | 9.7% | 16,423,281 | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| - South West Pacific & South Africa | 1,278,463 | 4.4% | 4.4% | 11,920,074 | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| - North America | 2,019,763 | 25.1% | 25.1% | 21,098,400 | 6.0% | 6.0% |
| RPK Total (000) | 7,612,431 | 20.2% | 10.5% | 81,800,757 | 14.9% | 4.4% |
| Passengers carried | 2,117,307 | 41.6% | 10.4% | 23,253,427 | 39.0% | 4.3% |
| Cargo and mail tonne km (000) | 833,324 | 29.0% | 6.8% | 8,900,238 | 25.4% | 3.4% |
| Freight carried (000kg) | 147,800 | 35.8% | 2.9% | 1,641,853 | 37.0% | 3.0% |
| Number of flights | 4,928 | 58.2% | 3.7% | 56,877 | 59.8% | 1.7% |
| CATHAY PACIFIC/DRAGONAIR COMBINED CAPACITY | DEC 2007 | % Change VS DEC 06 Note (i) |
% Change VS DEC 06 Note (ii) |
Cumulative DEC 2007 |
% Change YTD Note (i) |
% Change YTD Note (ii) |
| ASK (000) | ||||||
| - China | 672,576 | 693.0% | -9.3% | 8,401,361 | 964.3% | -2.9% |
| - North East Asia | 1,339,192 | 19.8% | 4.9% | 15,363,518 | 18.1% | 2.6% |
| - South East Asia & Middle East | 1,660,127 | 1.3% | -2.8% | 19,220,170 | 4.6% | 0.5% |
| - Europe | 1,652,859 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 19,641,315 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
| - South West Pacific & South Africa | 1,500,771 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 14,588,677 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| - North America | 2,599,729 | 28.6% | 28.6% | 25,246,749 | 5.9% | 5.9% |
| ASK Total (000) | 9,425,254 | 20.9% | 8.6% | 102,461,790 | 15.0% | 2.8% |
| Passenger load factor | 80.8% | -0.4pt | 1.4pt | 79.8% | -0.1pt | 1.2pt |
| Available cargo/mail tonne km (000) | 1,215,130 | 28.8% | 6.9% | 13,334,885 | 28.3% | 6.9% |
| Cargo and mail load factor | 68.6% | 0.1pt | 0.0pt | 66.7% | -1.6pt | -2.4pt |
| ATK (000) | 2,111,327 | 25.3% | 7.6% | 23,077,462 | 22.3% | 5.1% |
Note:(i) Comparative figures exclude Dragonair Jan-Oct 2006
(ii) Comparative figures include Dragonair
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