Thai Airways cabin factor on Japan routes dips 50%

Manila Bulletin
April 1, 2011, 12:44am

BANGKOK (Dow Jones) – The cabin factor on Thai Airways International PCL fights on its Japan routes has fallen to 50% from 90% since the series of disasters which struck Japan earlier this month, President Piyasvasti Amranand said Wednesday. Piyasvasti told reporters the average cabin factor for all routes was more than 70% during the first quarter of the year. He said total daily revenue for the Thai national carrier fell by 5% since the disasters in Japan, while the airline has trimmed flights on its Japan routes to 52 per week from 59.