Cathay Pacific said that because Hong Kong recently canceled the hotel quarantine request for passengers in Hong Kong to help boost the willingness to travel, the company is expected to provide flights to nearly 60 destinations by the end of this year.
According to the Dow Jones News Agency, Cathay Pacific Airlines said on Monday (October 17) that the company carried 26,5845 passengers in September, which was about doubled from the same period last year, but it was still compared to 2019 before the epidemic.89%less in September.
Cathay Pacific also said that the passenger load rate increased by 26.7 percentage points to 72.5%.
Cathay Pacific customers and CEO Lin Shaobo said in the announcement that the company is still focusing on increasing as many passenger flights as possible.
He said that Cathay Pacific flew to 51 destinations in October and was expected to double the flight destination from 29 in January by the end of this year.
In terms of freight, the carrying rate decreased by 13.3 percentage points to 66.4%.Cathay Pacific said that the decline in freight demand is greater than expected due to weak consumer demand and reduction in mainland manufacturing activities.
But Cathay Pacific is expected to rise again in the end of the month of this month, and it will still be optimistic about the steady demand for the peak season of the traditional freight season.
Cathay Pacific said: "Even if it does not reach the level of last year, it is expected to be higher than the historical average."
