Air China Limited pax up 8% in 2018, cargo up 3%

Air China Limited reported (15-Jan-2019) the following traffic highlights:

• Dec-2018:
  • Passengers: 9.0 million, +5.8% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 7.3 million, +5.0%;
    • International: 1.3 million, +10.0%;
    • Regional: 450,800, +7.2%;
  • Passenger load factor: 78.6%, -1.7ppts;
    • Domestic: 78.9%, -2.6ppts;
    • International: 77.8%, -0.4ppt;
    • Regional: 81.3%, -0.9ppt;
  • Cargo: 170,333 tonnes, +1.1%;
    • Domestic: 94,850 tonnes, stable;
    • International: 68,721 tonnes, +4.5%;
    • Regional: 6762 tonnes, -13.0%;
  • Cargo load factor: 56.0%, -0.4ppt;
    • Domestic: 38.4%, -0.3ppt;
    • International: 64.6%, -0.8ppt;
    • Regional: 38.9%, -3.5ppts;
• 12 months ended Dec-2018:
  • Passengers: 109.7 million, +8.0% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 89.3 million, +6.9%;
    • International: 15.4 million, +13.9%;
    • Regional: 5.1 million, +11.8%;
  • Passenger load factor: 80.6%, -0.5ppt;
    • Domestic: 82.5%, -0.6ppt;
    • International: 77.7%, -0.6ppt;
    • Regional: 80.4%, +2.1ppts;
  • Cargo: 1.9 million tonnes, +3.4%;
    • Domestic: 1.1 million tonnes, +0.7%;
    • International: 776,916 tonnes, +8.1%;
    • Regional: 79,765 tonnes, -2.8%;
  • Cargo load factor: 56.1%, -0.7ppt;
    • Domestic: 38.4%, -1.2ppts;
    • International: 64.6%, -0.7ppt;
    • Regional: 39.9%, -1.3ppts. [more - original PR]