CAAC reports 15% pax growth, cargo up 11% in Dec-2016, 487.8m pax in 2016

CAAC reported (20-Jan-2017) the following traffic highlights:

• Dec-2016:
• • Passengers: 40.4 million, +14.5% year-on-year;
  • • Domestic: 36.1 million, +14.4%;
    • • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 798,000, -3.4%;
    • International: 4.3 million, +15.8%;
  • Passenger load factor: 81.1%, +2.3 ppts;
  • Cargo: 651,000 tonnes, +10.7%;
  • • Domestic: 467,000 tonnes, +10.4%;
    • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 22,000 tonnes, +8.6%;
    • International: 183,000 tonnes, +11.3%;
• 2016:
• • Passengers: 487.8 million, +11.8% year-on-year;
  • • Domestic: 436.1 million, +10.7%;
    • • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 9.8 million, -3.6%;
    • International: 5.2 million, +22.7%;
  • Passenger load factor: 81.1%, +2.3 ppts;
  • Cargo: 6.7 million tonnes, +6.0%;
  • • Domestic: 4.7 million tonnes, +7.0%;
    • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 218,000 tonnes, -1.2%;
    • International: 1.9 million tonnes, +3.4%. [more - original PR]