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Cathay Pacific carries 23% more passengers in June

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Cathay Pacific carries 23% more passengers in June

The Cathay Group, consisting of Cathay Pacific and HK Express, carried a combined total of 2.9 million passengers, climbing 23.3% on June 2024. 

Cathay Cargo carried over 130,000 tonnes of cargo, up 6.3% than June last year.

Cathay Pacific carried 25.2% more passengers in June 2025 compared with June 2024 to 2.3 million, while seat capacity was up 26.2%. In the first six months of 2025, the number of passengers carried increased by 27.8% compared with the same period for 2024.

“Cathay Pacific set a new post-pandemic record by carrying over 90,000 on June 28, while also achieving its highest single-day load factor so far this year of 93.4% on the same day,” said Cathay group chief customer and commercial officer Lavinia Lau.

Cathay Pacific's load factor was up 2.1 percentage points to 85.6%.

HK Express carried 582,886 passengers in June 2025, up 16.5%, with capacity up 32.1%. However, passenger load factor dropped 15.7 percentage points to 70.5%.