CATHAY PACIFIC RELEASES OCTOBER TRAFFIC FIGURES

Cathay Pacific Airways carried 999,793 passengers in October as demand remained strong across its global network. This brought the total for the first ten months of the year to 9.92 million, growth of 14.4% over the same period in 1999. The airline operated 2,191 return flights during October, up from 2,105 in September as extra flights were added to meet increasing demand.

Cathay Pacific also carried a new record of 74,062 tonnes of freight during the month, surpassing the previous record of 69,965 tonnes transported in September. The airline has now carried 631,606 tonnes of freight over the first 10 months, growth of 16.4% over the same period the year before.

Cathay Pacific's General Manager Network Revenue Ian Shiu said: "Overall demand remains very robust throughout our network, particularly in the area of cargo. The number of business travellers is also much higher than it was a year ago."

TRAFFIC October Cumulative Cumulative %

2000 Jan-Oct 2000 Jan-Oct 1999 Change

RPK (000)

- Europe 1,085,438 9,999,374 8,721,276 14.7%

- Pacific and South Africa 1,619,302 15,925,783 13,841,360 15.1%

- North Asia 631,006 6,122,078 5,252,153 16.6%

- South East Asia and Middle East 727,424 7,274,931 6,520,336 11.6%

RPK Total (000) 4,063,171 39,322,168 34,335,125 14.5%

Passengers carried 999,793 9,920,998 8,669,061 14.4%

Cargo and mail tonne km (000) 419,195 3,391,083 3,093,359 9.6%

Freight carried (000Kg) 74,062 631,606 542,747 16.4%

Number of flights 2,191 20,266 18,643 8.7%

CAPACITY October Cumulative Cumulative %

2000 Jan-Oct 2000 Jan-Oct 1999 Change

ASK (000)

- Europe 1,283,501 12,045,090 11,613,781 3.7%

- Pacific & South Africa 2,264,331 20,886,261 19,304,471 8.2%

- North Asia 847,341 8,233,585 7,836,647 5.1%

- South East Asia and Middle East 1,098,525 9,882,438 9,397,090 5.2%

ASK Total (000) 5,493,698 51,047,374 48,151,989 6.0%

Passenger load factor 74.0% 77.0% 71.3% 5.7pt

Available cargo/mail tonne km (000) 557,510 4,692,412 4,402,259 6.6%

Cargo and mail load factor 75.2% 72.3% 70.3% 2.0pt

ATK (000) 1,080,153 9,549,721 8,984,421 6.3%