Cathay Pacific hails strong demand from the UK
Cathay Pacific flew 220,000 passengers last month and noted an uptick in demand on UK routes.
Last month’s passenger figures represented an increase of 300% on a year ago but still well down on pre-pandemic.
Passenger load factor rose to 73.3%, the highest yet since the start of Covid.
“We saw strong demand on our UK routes, especially from students returning to Hong Kong. As many of these flights were full, some traffic shifted to our other European gateways,” Chief Commercial Officer Ronald Lam said.
“Student traffic to the US and UK is also expected to provide our travel business with a strong boost in August and September.”
“However, our ability to add more passenger flight capacity will remain limited unless the restrictions on our aircrew are lifted.”
Still, Cathay expects inbound traffic to see a boost after Hong Kong cut hotel quarantine for international arrivals to just three days.
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