The term " pax " is a short form of "passenger" or "person" and is commonly used in the travel, hospitality, and event management industries. In Travel & Aviation: Refers to the number of passengers on a flight, train, or bus. In Hotels & Restaurants: Used to indicate how many people a booking is for. It's certainly used in English within the rest of the travel & tourism industry, and I supspect precisely because it isn't known as meaning "passenger", though that is its origin as you explain. It means "people we are catering too" whether in context that means a passenger, guest, occupant, diner, etc. and useful precisely to cover all those different cases. As nouns the difference between people and pax is that people is Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons while pax is a painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory. As a verb people is to stock with people or ... We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
