BRIEF-Cathay Pacific Airways releases Oct 2017 traffic figures for Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon
Nov 16 (Reuters) - Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
* Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of 2.9 million passengers in Oct an increase of 6.0%
* Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried 180,706 tonnes of cargo & mail in Oct, up 4.8%
* Cathay Pacific's and Cathay Dragon's October cargo and mail load factor rose by 1.2 percentage points to 69.3%
* Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon Oct passenger load factor dropped 0.2 percentage points to 81.3% Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: