Air China sees strong pax traffic growth in North America and Japan/Korea in 3Q2014

Air China reported (29-Oct-2014) the following 3Q2014 traffic highlights by route:

• Passenger traffic (RPKs):
• • Domestic: -0.1% year-on-year;
  • International: +9.5%;
  • • Europe: +4.3%;
    • North America: +23.6%;
    • Japan/Korea: +28.5%;
    • Southeast Asia and other: -11.9%;
  • Regional: +17.3%;
• Passenger load factor:
• • Domestic: 82.4%, +0.4 ppt;
  • International: 81.2%, -3.0 ppts;
  • • Europe: 82.2%, -2.5 ppts;
    • North America: 83.3%, -3.2 ppts;
    • Japan/Korea: 75.6%, -4.1 ppts;
    • Southeast Asia and other: 78.4%, -3.3 ppts;
  • Regional: 80.9%, -0.1 ppt.