CAAC: Chinese airports pax up 7% to 1.35bn in 2019, cargo up 2%

CAAC reported (20-Feb-2020) the following traffic highlights for Chinese airports:

• Dec-2019:
  • Passengers: 107.7 million, +4.6% year-on-year;
    • Eastern region airports: 58.5 million, +4.1%;
    • Western region airports: 30.6 million, +4.7%;
    • Central region airports: 12.0 million, +6.8%;
    • Northeast region airports: 6.6 million, +3.7%;
  • Cargo: 1.6 million tonnes, +6.5%;
    • Eastern region airports: 1.2 million tonnes, +4.6%;
    • Western region airports: 269,000 tonnes, +10.9%;
    • Central region airports: 123,000 tonnes, +8.2%;
    • Northeast region airports: 60,000 tonnes, +23.0%;
  • Aircraft movements: 969,000, +4.1%;
    • Eastern region airports: 448,000, +2.4%;
    • Western region airports: 311,000, +5.8%;
    • Central region airports: 150,000, +6.8%;
    • Northeast region airports: 60,000, +1.5%;
• 12 months ended Dec-2019:
  • Passengers: 1.35 billion, +6.9%;
    • Eastern region airports: 709.5 million, +5.4%;
    • Western region airports: 403.0 million, +8.3%;
    • Central region airports: 155.5 million, +10.8%;
    • Northeast region airports: 83.6 million, +6.2%;
  • Cargo: 17.1 million tonnes, +2.1%;
    • Eastern region airports: 12.5 million tonnes, stable;
    • Western region airports: 2.8 million tonnes, +7.5%;
    • Central region airports: 1.2 million tonnes, +9.9%;
    • Northeast region airports: 603,000 tonnes, +9.5%;
  • Aircraft movements: 11.7 million, +5.1%;
    • Eastern region airports: 5.3 million, +3.7%;
    • Western region airports: 3.9 million, +6.0%;
    • Central region airports: 1.7 million, +7.7%;
    • Northeast region airports: 746,000, +4.7%. [more - original PR]