Cathay Pacific carries 526,827 pax in November 2022

Hong Kong : Cathay Pacific released its traffic figures for November 2022, which continued to reflect encouraging signs of recovery for the airline. Cathay Pacific carried a total of 526,827 passengers in November 2022, an increase of 652.1 per cent compared with November 2021, but a 79.9 per cent decrease compared with the pre-pandemic level in November 2019. 

The month's revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) increased 565.5 per cent year-on-year, but were down 73.7 per cent versus November 2019. 

Passenger load factor increased by 51.7 percentage points to 78.5 per cent, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 127.2 per cent year-on-year, but decreased by 73.1 per cent compared with November 2019 levels. 

In the first 11 months of 2022, the number of passengers carried increased by 220.5 per cent against a 33.9 per cent increase in capacity and a 211.9 per cent increase in RPKs, as compared with the same period for 2021.

The airline carried 103,092 tonnes of cargo in November 2022, a decrease of 23.8 per cent compared with November 2021, and a 42.1 per cent decrease compared with the same period in 2019. 

November's cargo revenue tonne kilometres (RFTKs) decreased 27.8 per cent year-on-year, and were down 38 per cent compared with November 2019. The cargo load factor decreased by 15.6 percentage points to 66.9 per cent, while capacity, measured in available cargo tonne kilometres (AFTKs), decreased by 11 per cent year-on-year, and was down by 36.4 per cent versus November 2019. 

In the first 11 months of 2022, the tonnage decreased by 12.6 per cent against a 20.7 per cent decrease in capacity and a 30.6 per cent decrease in RFTKs, as compared with the same period for 2021.