	cathay pacific forecasts good performance cathay pacific airways ltd caph hk forecast another good year in in view of good growth in both passenger and cargo traffic volumes early this year over the year earlier period the airline did not quantify its performance in early but said it would take delivery of one boeing co ba n freighter and one boeing passenger plane in september and november respectively after it took a last month it earlier reported a pct increase in net profit to billion h k dlrs and announced a final dividend of cents a share but cathay pacific recorded sharp increases in net finance charges to mln dlrs from mln a year a spokesman for the firm linked the rise to two aircraft deliveries in however the company said in a statement good returns from funds placed with investment managers had partly offset higher interest costs resulting from additional lease financing and other borrowing it added that the airline last year also saw aviation fuel prices fall to an average dlrs a gallon from dlrs in passengers carried by cathay pacific totalled mln last year up from in with the passengers kilometre travelled rising to billion from billion but passenger load factor was down to pct from pct the airline s cargo operations recorded growth of pct in total tonnage over the previous year and a pct rise in revenue to billion dlrs cathay pacific floated its shares in april and is now pct owned by swire pacific ltd swpc hk pct by hongkong and shanghai banking corp hkbh hk and pct by china international trust and investment corp reuter 
