Strong Jan traffic for Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried 2,612,964 passengers in January 2015, 2.7% more than the same month last year. The passenger load factor declined slightly by 0.7 percentage points to 82.7%. Capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 7.3%. The two airlines carried 12.5% more cargo tonnage to 147,275 in January with its cargo and mail load factor rising by 2.9 percentage points to 63.4%. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rose by 8.9% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) flown were up by 14.1%.