China Eastern Airlines pax numbers up 5% to 8.3m in Mar-2016, cargo up 1%

China Eastern Airlines reports (13-Apr-2016) the following traffic highlights in Mar-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 8.3 million, +5.3% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 6.9 million, +4.0%;
  • International: 1.1 million, +13.9%;
  • Regional: 256,330, +6.5%;
• Passenger load factor: 81.4%, -1.4 ppts;
• • Domestic: 83.2%, -1.0 ppt;
  • International: 18.5%, -2.3 ppts;
  • Regional: 74.9%, +3.7 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 121,110 tonnes, +1.2%;
• • Domestic: 62,040 tonnes, +13.9%;
  • International: 50,340 tonnes, -10.7%;
  • Regional: 8730 tonnes, -0.9%;
• Cargo load factor: 51.9%, -6.2 ppts;
• • Domestic: 40.5%, +1.5 ppts;
  • International: 56.3%, -9.4 ppts;
  • Regional: 44.8%, stable. [more - original PR]