CAAC reports pax up 15% to 46.7m in Dec-2017

CAAC reported (18-Jan-2018) passenger numbers increased 15.4% year-on-year to 46.7 million and cargo volume increased 1.4% to 661,000 tonnes in Dec-2017. CAAC also reported 88 months of safe operation and total civil aviation industry fleet size reached 5588 aircraft, as of end of 2017. CAAC expected passenger numbers to increase 10% year-on-year to 65.0 million during the 2018 Spring Festival period. [more - original PR - Chinese]