Cathay Pacific ferried over 2 million passengers in November 2024
Flag carrier of Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific, and its low-cost subsidiary HK Express expect to return to 100 pc of pre-pandemic flying from January 2025. In a press statement, Cathay Pacific recently released its traffic figures for November 2024, showing that the airline which is a member of the Oneworld alliance continued its growth momentum in both the passenger and cargo businesses.
According to the statement, Cathay Pacific carried a total of over 2.01 million passengers in November 2024, an increase of 23.1 pc compared with November 2023. The airline says its revenue passenger kilometres in November 2024 also improved 25.8 pc year on year.
Cathay Pacific says its passenger load factor increased by three percentage points to 83.5 pc, while available seat kilometres grew by 21.3 pc year on year. In the first 11 months of 2024, the number of passengers carried increased by 27 pc to a total of 20.58 million, against a 31.5 pc growth in ASKs and a 26.7 pc increase in RPKs, as compared with the same period for 2023.
Lavinia Lau
“November was another solid month for our travel business. Passenger volumes remained strong across our network and for the fourth time this year, Cathay Pacific carried more than two million passengers in a single month. Travel demand was particularly robust on our routes to Japan and South Korea, driven by traffic from Hong Kong as well as Australia and Southeast Asia. Hong Kong was also a popular destination for travellers from Southeast Asia,” says Lavinia Lau, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, Cathay Pacific.
“As a Group, we are pleased to have successfully completed our two-year rebuilding journey. Together, Cathay Pacific and HK Express will reach 100 pc of pre-pandemic flights from January 2025. We project that the two airlines will operate passenger services to 100 destinations around the world within 2025,” adds Lau.
In December, Cathay Pacific added Cairns back to its network, and HK Express added Phu Quoc, Hualien and Shizuoka to its network. For 2025, Cathay Pacific has already announced Hyderabad, Dallas, Munich and Brussels, while HK Express has announced launch of flights to Sendai.