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Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways said it carried 1.7 million passengers in January, surging by 66% from a year earlier, but its passenger load factor fell 4 percentage points to 82.8% last month.
Passenger demand was solid during the Lunar New Year holiday while demand for business travel picked up after the event, mainly on long-haul routes, it said.