China Southern Airlines pax up 3%, load factor down in Mar-2014; transports 24 million pax in 1Q2014

China Southern Airlines passenger numbers up 3% - traffic highlights:

• Mar-2014:
• • Passenger numbers: 7.8 million, +2.8% year-on-year;
  • • Domestic: 6.9 million, +1.5%;
    • Regional: 184,720, +18.7%;
    • International: 684,260, +14.2%;
  • Cargo volume: 122,870 tons, +12.4%;
  • • Domestic: 85,390, +10.5% ;
    • Regional: 1270, +5.8%;
    • International: 36,210, +17.3%;
  • Passenger load factor: 78.0%, -3.9 ppts;
  • • Domestic: 78.9%, -4.6 ppt;
    • Regional: 73.8%, +1.3 ppt;
    • International: 75.2%, -1.2 ppt;
• 1Q2014:
• • Passenger numbers: 24.0 million, +10.5%;
  • Cargo volume: 313,950, +8.9%;
  • Passenger load factor: 80.1%, -0.5 ppt.