Cathay Pacific released its traffic figures for January 2022, on Wednesday. The figures revealed record high increases. The airline carried a total of 1,031,893 passengers in January 2023, over a 4,000 percent increase as compared to the same month last year.
The South Asia, Middle East & Africa region saw an increase of 85,180.5 percent measured by revenue passenger kilometres.
95,139 tonnes of cargo was carried in January and the airline’s cargo revenue tonne kilometres increased 140.9 percent year-on-year.
“The new year got off to a positive start in January as Cathay Pacific carried more than one million passengers for the first time since the start of the pandemic. We carried on average more than 33,000 passengers per day, up from about 26,000 per day in December 2022, and operated at 18 percent more capacity than we did in December. We also continued to add more destinations in January, with our Phuket and Xi’an flights resuming,” Lavinia Lau Chief Customer and Commercial Officer.
“With the return of quarantine-free travel between Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland on 8 January, we saw increased demand for travel into the Chinese Mainland, both from and through Hong Kong. We have been increasing our flights accordingly and by the end of the month, we were operating up to three return flights per day to Shanghai and 11 return flights per week to Beijing,” she added.
“Leisure travel demand over the Lunar New Year holiday was also strong, particularly from Hong Kong, with Japan, Bangkok and Singapore being the most popular destinations. Unfortunately, despite demand being high for Japan, we had to cancel some of our flights due to restrictions imposed by the Japanese authorities on the number of flights airlines are permitted to operate from Hong Kong,” Lau also said.
| CATHAY PACIFIC TRAFFIC | JAN 2023 | % Change VS JAN 2022 | Cumulative JAN 2023 | % Change YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPK (000) | ||||
| – Chinese Mainland | 136,976 | 876.4% | 136,976 | 876.4% |
| – North East Asia | 613,297 | 34,121.0% | 613,297 | 34,121.0% |
| – South East Asia | 557,877 | 7,569.9% | 557,877 | 7,569.9% |
| – South Asia, Middle East & Africa | 187,106 | 85,180.5% | 187,106 | 85,180.5% |
| – South West Pacific | 741,495 | 5,587.5% | 741,495 | 5,587.5% |
| – North America | 1,211,978 | 2,334.9% | 1,211,978 | 2,334.9% |
| – Europe | 1,099,461 | 3,531.4% | 1,099,461 | 3,531.4% |
| RPK Total (000) | 4,548,192 | 3,807.3% | 4,548,192 | 3,807.3% |
| Passengers carried | 1,031,893 | 4,077.9% | 1,031,893 | 4,077.9% |
| Cargo revenue tonne km (000) | 573,928 | 140.9% | 573,928 | 140.9% |
| Cargo carried (000kg) | 95,139 | 28.1% | 95,139 | 28.1% |
| Number of flights | 2,500 | 86.5% | 2,500 | 86.5% |
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