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“For cargo, we resumed our full cargo schedule in June with increased flights to the US and Europe,” Lam said. On the other hand, our flights to the Chinese Mainland were limited by capacity restrictions related to anti-epidemic measures there.Ĭathay, like other airlines, relies on cargo to help carry it through the pandemic. We resumed flights to Auckland in June, which has seen good demand not only from Hong Kong, but also between New Zealand and the UK as well as India. As is typical for June, demand for student travel in Hong Kong was strong and our flights from the UK averaged a high load factor of 93 per cent.
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We also saw increased demand for flights between the UK and Australia, as well as the US and the Philippines. The additional flights we operated helped provide greater connectivity for our transit passengers, especially from the Chinese Mainland. The load factor increased to 67 per cent and we carried an average of over 5,000 passengers per day. However, we still only operated at about 11 per cent of our pre-pandemic capacity. As sentiment for travel continued to improve, we resumed more flights to more destinations and deployed additional passenger flight capacity – about 170 percent more than in May – to meet demand. Ronald Lam, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, said: “We continued to see positive growth in June following further adjustments to travel restrictions in Hong Kong. Ronald Lam, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer of Cathay Pacific Group. In the first six months of 2022, tonnage decreased by 4.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2021, against a 31 per cent drop in capacity and 35.7 per cent reduction in RFTK. The cargo load factor declined 12.1 percentage points to 68.4 per cent, while the capacity, measured in available cargo tonne kilometers (AFTK), was up 0.5 per cent year-on-year, but was 44.1 per cent lower than in June 2019. , and were down 39.1 percent as compared to June 2019.
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Cargo revenue tonne kilometers (RFTK) for the month declined by 14.6 per cent year-on-year. The airline carried 104,559 tonnes of cargo last month, a decrease of 4.4 percent compared to June 2021, and a decrease of 36.2 percent compared to the same period in 2019. In the first six months of 2022, passenger numbers increased by 113.5 per cent, while capacity decreased by 26.6 per cent and RPK increased by 129.8 per cent, compared to the same period in 2021. The passenger load factor increased by 45.3 percentage points to 67 per cent, while the capacity measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) increased by 36.2 per cent year-on-year, but decreased by 89.3 per cent compared to the June 2019 level. Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) for the month increased by 320.2 per cent on-year, but were lower by 91.7 per cent as compared to June 2019. The airline’s traffic figures continued to reflect the positive impact of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government’s adjustments to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements, especially the circuit-breaker mechanism, effective June 1.Ĭathay Pacific carried a total of 150,077 passengers last month, an increase of 269.2 percent compared to June 2021, but a decrease of 95.2 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels in June 2019. (Photo: Matt Driskill)Ĭathay Pacific released its traffic figures for June 2022. Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific has seen its business decline due to the city’s strict COVID measures.