China Eastern Airlines pax numbers up 6% to 8.6m in Feb-2017, cargo up 13%

China Eastern Airlines reported (15-Mar-2017) the following traffic highlights in Feb-2017:

• Passenger numbers: 8.6 million, +5.7% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 7.1 million, +7.6%;
  • International: 1.2 million, -1.0%;
  • Regional: 269,450, -9.6%;
• Passenger load factor: 82.6%, +1.7ppts;
• • Domestic: 84.0%, +3.2ppts;
  • International: 80.3%, -0.9ppt;
  • Regional: 78.6%, +0.7ppt;
• Cargo volume*: 57,750 tonnes, +12.6%;
• • Domestic: 42,050 tonnes, +10.1%;
  • International: 13,660 tonnes, +19.2%;
  • Regional: 2040 tonnes, +24.8%;
• Cargo load factor: 28.9%, +5.4ppts;
• • Domestic: 30.6%, -5.2ppts;
  • International: 28.5%, +5.6ppts;
  • Regional: 16.2%, +4.2ppts. [more - original PR]

*Freight data does not include the freight data of all freighters, but only freight data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft, from Feb-2017.