Cathay Pacific released traffic figures that show a continued growth in passenger numbers and cargo tonnage in June 2006, and an overall strong performance for the first half of the year.<\/p>\n
In the first six months of 2006, the airline carried 8,144,335 passengers, up 11.1% on the first half of 2005, while the amount of freight carried was up 10.5% at 572,552 tonnes. Rises in passenger and cargo traffic stayed ahead of capacity growth \u2013 10.8% for available seat kilometres (ASKs) and 5.8% for available cargo\/mail tonne kilometres (ATKs).<\/p>\n
In June, Cathay Pacific carried a total of 1,392,462 passengers, up 10.7% on the same month last year. The passenger load factor for the month hit 82.8%, up 2.7 percentage points on 2005. The passenger number increase was marginally above the increase in capacity, measured in ASKs, which grew by 10.4%.<\/p>\n
The airline carried 96,255 tonnes of freight in June, up 7.6% year-on-year. The growth in tonnage was above the capacity rise for the month, which came in at 6.9% measured in ATKs. The airline\u2019s cargo business received a boost from the launch of a new service to Mumbai and Chennai in India, with flights commencing on 2 June.<\/p>\n
Cathay Pacific General Manager Revenue Management, Sales & Distribution Ian Shiu said, \"The performance for June is quite impressive. Long-haul routes to Europe and North America were particularly strong, with healthy front-end business helping to offset the impact of increased competition on back-end yields. All in all, it was a good build up to our summer peak and indications are that business will remain buoyant over the summer.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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