The Cathay Group releases traffic figures for April 2025
Cathay Pacific carried 36.3% more passengers in April 2025 compared with April 2024, while Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) increased by 27.1%.
In the first four months of 2025, the number of passengers carried increased by 26.6% compared with the same period for 2024.
Lavinia Lau, chief customer and commercial officer said: “April was a good month for our travel business.
“The various holidays in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and elsewhere in Asia helped drive strong leisure travel demand, and over the Easter travel peak we were pleased to once again set a new post-pandemic record with Cathay Pacific and HK Express carrying more than 115,000 passengers combined on 18 April.
“As a Group, we are continuing to add more ports to our extensive passenger network, having launched flights to five new destinations in just April, including Dallas-Fort Worth and Urumqi for Cathay Pacific, and Nha Trang, Ishigaki and Komatsu for HK Express.
“We remain focused on reaching 100 passenger destinations within the first half of the year, with more passenger destinations to be introduced in the coming weeks and months.”
“Following a quieter month in March, leisure travel demand experienced a boost in April. The Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens and the festive period in Indonesia generated strong demand for return traffic early in the month, followed by a notable increase in travel demand over Easter.
“Then, towards the end of April, we observed robust pre-holiday demand from the Chinese Mainland and Japan, coinciding with the respective ‘Golden Week’ holidays in those two markets.
“Together with our newly launched services to Dallas-Fort Worth and Urumqi, which have been met with enthusiasm, our network achieved a load factor of over 86.4% in April, the highest yet of any month this year.
“Looking ahead, we are excited to welcome Rome and Munich to our network in June as we continue to add more destinations and flights for our customers.”
HK Express carried more than 690,000 passengers in April, marking an increase of 47.4% year on year, while Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) grew by 42%.
In the first four months of 2025, the number of passengers carried increased by 37.6% compared with the same period for 2024.
Lavinia said: “Buoyed by the long-weekend holidays in April, HK Express carried a record number of passengers and operated a record number of flight sectors while continuing to expand its network.
“Extra sectors to popular destinations like Bangkok, Seoul and Phu Quoc were added over the Ching Ming Festival and Easter amidst strong demand.”
