(25 Jan 2022)
Cathay Pacific carried 92,219 passengers in
December 2021, a rise of 130.6% in comparison with December 2020,
however a 96.9% lower in comparison with the pre-pandemic degree in
December 2019.
Income passenger kilometres (RPKs)
in December rose 156.5% year-on-year, down 95.1% versus December
2019.
The passenger load issue elevated by 18.2 proportion factors to
36.6%, whereas capability, measured in obtainable seat kilometres
(ASKs), elevated by 28.6%, down 88.6% on December
2019 ranges.
Within the full 12 months of 2021, the variety of passengers
carried dropped by 84.5% towards a 61.8% lower in capability and
a 79.5% lower in RPKs, as in comparison with 2020.
Cathay Pacific A330 reg: B-LBK. Image by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com
Cathay Pacific Cargo
The airline carried 134,691 tonnes of cargo final
month, a rise of 12% in comparison with December 2020, however a 24.1%
lower in contrast with the identical interval in 2019.
The month’s cargo
income tonne kilometres (RFTKs) rose 11.7% year-on-year, down 14.7% in comparison with December 2019.
The cargo load issue
elevated by 4 proportion factors to 84.3%, whereas capability,
measured in obtainable cargo tonne kilometres (AFTKs), was up by
6.5% year-on-year, a lower of 32.9% versus December 2019.
Within the
full 12 months of 2021, the tonnage elevated by 0.1% towards a ten.9%
drop in capability and a 1.1% lower in RFTKs, as in comparison with
2020.
Talking of January 2022, Cathay Pacific’s CEO,
Augustus Tang, stated, “In late December after which early January, the
Hong Kong SAR Authorities additional tightened aircrew quarantine
necessities and journey restrictions. These measures may have a
important influence on our passenger and cargo flight capability.
Whereas we’re totally dedicated to rising our cargo capability when
situations permit and to upholding Hong Kong’s worldwide
aviation hub standing, for the month of January 2022, cargo has
lowered to twenty% of its pre-pandemic capability and passenger flights
have lowered to round 2% of their pre-pandemic capability.”
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