Cathay Pacific reports steep increase in Dec. passenger traffic

Cathay Pacific carried a total of 801,088 passengers in December 2022, reporting an increase of 768.7% compared with December 2021, but a 73.3% decrease compared with the pre-pandemic level in December 2019. The airline released its traffic figures for December 2022. The figures have shown a marked improvement over the first half results. The December 2022 revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) increased 545.2% year-on-year, but were down 68.4% versus December 2019. In the full year of 2022, the number of passengers carried increased by 291% against a 51.6% increase in capacity and a 258.3% increase in RPKs, as compared with 2021.