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Cathay Pacific's cargo volume falls 28.3pc to 108,930 tonnes in January
来源：Shipping News Headlines 编辑：编辑部 发布：2021/02/19 09:00:59
HONG KONG's Cathay Pacific carried 108,930 tonnes of cargo and mail in January, a year-on-year decrease of 28.3 per cent.
The month's revenue freight tonne kilometres (RFTKs) fell 21.7 per cent. The cargo and mail load factor increased by 19.3 percentage points to 79.4 per cent, while capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometres (AFTKs), was down by 40.7 per cent.
Said Cathay Pacific commercial officer Ronald Lam: "Our January capacity decreased about six per cent compared to December 2020. This was largely dueto the Hong Kong SAR Government's ongoing ban on flights arriving from the UK. We only resumed flying passengers from Hong Kong to London in mid-January, operating just five such flights over the remainder of the month," Mr Lam said.
"Aside from a few pockets of intra-Asia demand, overall demand remained very weak. We carried an average of just 981 passengers per day in January, the first time this number has dipped below 1,000 since June last year, while load factor was the lowest on record at just13.3 per cent.
"Cargo demand from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland slowed down somewhat in the first two weeks of January, but started to strengthen in the second half as we approached the Chinese New Year holiday. The slowdown in our core markets provided an opportunity to increase capacity elsewhere in our network, most notably Southwest Pacific and Northeast Asia.
"Perishables, live seafood, and automotive and electronic products provided substantial growth in priority and special cargo volumes. Our newly launched seasonal freighter service to Hobart, which has now enjoyed a full month of operation, has been well received andcontributed significantly to Southwest Pacific's positive performance.
"We continued to provide additional capacity to the market in the form of 489 pairs of cargo only passenger flights and more charter flights from our all-cargo subsidiary, Air Hong Kong."
The month's revenue freight tonne kilometres (RFTKs) fell 21.7 per cent. The cargo and mail load factor increased by 19.3 percentage points to 79.4 per cent, while capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometres (AFTKs), was down by 40.7 per cent.
Said Cathay Pacific commercial officer Ronald Lam: "Our January capacity decreased about six per cent compared to December 2020. This was largely dueto the Hong Kong SAR Government's ongoing ban on flights arriving from the UK. We only resumed flying passengers from Hong Kong to London in mid-January, operating just five such flights over the remainder of the month," Mr Lam said.
"Aside from a few pockets of intra-Asia demand, overall demand remained very weak. We carried an average of just 981 passengers per day in January, the first time this number has dipped below 1,000 since June last year, while load factor was the lowest on record at just13.3 per cent.
"Cargo demand from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland slowed down somewhat in the first two weeks of January, but started to strengthen in the second half as we approached the Chinese New Year holiday. The slowdown in our core markets provided an opportunity to increase capacity elsewhere in our network, most notably Southwest Pacific and Northeast Asia.
"Perishables, live seafood, and automotive and electronic products provided substantial growth in priority and special cargo volumes. Our newly launched seasonal freighter service to Hobart, which has now enjoyed a full month of operation, has been well received andcontributed significantly to Southwest Pacific's positive performance.
"We continued to provide additional capacity to the market in the form of 489 pairs of cargo only passenger flights and more charter flights from our all-cargo subsidiary, Air Hong Kong."