Cathay Pacific’s carried passengers jumps 30% YoY in 2024

The airline carried more than 2.2 million passengers in December 2024.

Cathay Pacific and HK Express carried a combined total of more than 28 million passengers for the whole of 2024, reflecting a 30.7% year-on-year (YoY) increase.

The airline carried a total of 2.24 million passengers in December 2024, a YoY increase of 26.4%. The month’s revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) also increased by 27.9% YoY.

Passenger load factor climbed by 3.6 percentage points to 84.8%, whilst available seat kilometres (ASKs) increased YoY by 22.5%.

Meanwhile, Cathay Cargo carried a total of 1.5 million tonnes of cargo during 2024, which was 11% higher than 2023.

In December 2024, the airline carried 143,564 tonnes of cargo marking an increase of 11.7%. The month’s cargo revenue tonne kilometres inched up 6.5% YoY. The cargo load factor increased by 61.4%, whilst available cargo tonne kilometres grew by 5.5% YoY.