CX traffic numbers slowly recovering

cATHAY Pacific’s traffic figures for May have started to reflect the positive impact of changes to Hong Kong’s travel restrictions and quarantine requirements.

CX carried a total of 57,982 passengers last month, an increase of 141.5% compared to the same time last year, but still a 98% decrease compared to the pre-pandemic level in May 2019.

The month’s revenue passenger kilometres also increased 164.4% year-on-year, still down 97.1% when compared to the prepandemic period.

Passenger load factor increased by 33.7 percentage points to 60.5%, while capacity increased by 16.8% year-on-year - down 96% compared with May 2019 levels.