Singapore-Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble Remains on Hold
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John Swire & Sons Ltd (via Public) / Cathay Pacific Releases Traffic Figures for May 2021
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HONG KONG, 20 May 2021: Severe declines in travel demand
caused by ongoing Covid-19 restrictions worldwide substantially cut flights and
available seat capacity compared with pre-Covid times, Cathay Pacific reported
in its latest traffic figures for April.
The airline carried 22,404 passengers during April, an
increase of 63.2% compared to April 2020, but a 99.3% decrease compared to the
pre-pandemic level in April 2019.
April’s revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) rose 32.6%
year-on-year but were down 99.1% versus April 2019. Passenger load factor
increased by 2.5 percentage points to 24.2%, while capacity, measured in
available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 18.9% but remained 96.8% down on
April 2019 levels.
In the first four months of 2021, passengers carried dropped