DRAGONAIR POSTS DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH

Dragonair posted year-on-year double-digit growth in passenger numbers and cargo volume last month, reflecting a capacity increase in the past year. Revenue passenger kilometres rose almost 35 per cent to 344.18 million, from 255.34 million in the same month last year. Cargo tonne kilometres jumped more than 86 per cent year on year to 58.09 million from 31.11 million.