Nov 13 (Reuters) - Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd:

* OCT GROUP PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR DOWN 59.3 PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 18.2%

* CO AND CATHAY DRAGON CARRIED 38,541 PASSENGERS IN OCT, DOWN 98.6% ON OCT 2019

* IN OCTOBER CATHAY PACIFIC AND CATHAY DRAGON CARRIED 114,346 TONNES OF CARGO AND MAIL, DOWN 37.6%

* EXPECT TO OPERATE WELL UNDER 25% OF 2019 PASSENGER CAPACITY IN H1 OF 2021 AND BELOW 50% FOR ENTIRE YEAR

* DEMAND FOR UK AND CONTINENTAL EUROPE FLIGHTS DROPPED RAPIDLY IN OCT AMID RESURGENCE OF COVID-19 IN MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

* CATHAY PACIFIC AND CATHAY DRAGON OCTOBER CARGO AND MAIL LOAD FACTOR 78.3%

* REMAIN IN VERY DYNAMIC SITUATION AND OVERALL RECOVERY IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SLOW

* PICKUP IN PASSENGER DEMAND IN NOV REMAINED SLUGGISH WITH STRICTER QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE IN HONG KONG

* "FOR FIRST TIME SINCE MAY, WE SAW A MONTH-ON-MONTH DROP IN CAPACITY FOLLOWING AN ALREADY VERY DIFFICULT SUMMER"

* FREIGHTER FLEET OPERATED AT FULL CAPACITY IN OCT, SUPPLEMENTED BY 576 PAIRS OF CARGO-ONLY PASSENGER FLIGHTS, 10% MORE THAN IN SEPT

* OPERATED 8.4% OF PLANNED PASSENGER CAPACITY IN OCT COMPARED TO ABOUT 9% IN SEPT Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: