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Cathay Pacific's Passenger Traffic Up 9.1 Percent in Feb.

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 09:00 CST

Cathay Pacific's passenger traffic up 9.1 percent in Feb.

HONG KONG, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Cathay Pacific announced on Monday that the airline carried a total 1,263,435 passengers in February, a 9.1 percent rise over the same month last year.

Demand to Europe and North America was strong, building on the extra capacity now in place to key destinations such as Los Angeles and London, the company said in a press release.

The airline carried 86,705 tons of cargo in February, up 18.1 percent over the same month last year.

More passenger flights are planned. From April the airline will operate three non-stop flights each week to Penang. Three more weekly flights will operate to Paris and Frankfurt, taking both to 10 services a week.

Four more weekly services will operate to Denpasar and two more to Cebu during the peak season, and another two weekly services will operate to Adelaide from June.

Cathay Pacific General Manager Revenue Management, Sales and Distribution Ian Shiu said, "Business in February was quite solid. Front-end traffic remained robust, though strong competition and aggressive pricing is depressing yield for sales in the back end of the aircraft. Currency movements resulting from the strong U.S. dollar are also working against us."

Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS

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