The Cathay Group has accomplished its two-year rebuilding journey, with its focus now firmly on including extra flights and locations to bolster Hong Kong’s worldwide aviation hub standing.

Within the full yr of 2024, the Cathay Group achieved new post-pandemic highs for whole passengers and cargo carried.

Cathay Pacific and HK Categorical carried a mixed whole of greater than 28 million passengers, marking a rise of 30.7% yr on yr.

Cathay Pacific carried a complete of two,248,950 passengers in December 2024, a rise of 26.4% in contrast with December 2023.

The month’s income passenger kilometers (RPKs) elevated 27.9% yr on yr, whereas the passenger load issue elevated by 3.6 proportion factors to 84.8%, whereas obtainable seat kilometers (ASKs) elevated by 22.5% yr on yr.

Cathay Pacific Chief Buyer and Business Officer, Lavinia Lau, mentioned: “December is the standard peak season for our journey enterprise as prospects go to buddies and family members, and journey for leisure over the Christmas and New Yr holidays.

“In 2024, we achieved a big milestone through the year-end journey peak with Cathay Pacific and HK Categorical collectively carrying greater than 100,000 passengers in a single day — essentially the most because the begin of our rebuild — on a complete of eight days.

“As well as, our premium cabins skilled excessive demand main as much as the vacation season, reflecting a surge in business-related journey earlier than the top of the yr. December additionally noticed the resumption of our seasonal service to Cairns, which operates three flights per week and has been effectively obtained by prospects.

“General in 2024, we continued to leverage our world community and the strategic benefits of the Hong Kong hub to draw extra transit passengers, specifically these travelling between the Chinese language Mainland and cities world wide.”