China Eastern Airlines pax numbers up 9% to 8.6m in Aug-2016, cargo up 1%

China Eastern Airlines reports (13-Oct-2016) the following traffic highlights in Sep-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 8.6 million, +9.1% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 7.2 million, +8.5%;
  • International: 1.1 million, +14.9%;
  • Regional: 243,160, +2.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 81.4%, +1.2 ppts;
• • Domestic: 83.2%, +1.5 ppts;
  • International: 78.5%, +1.0 ppt;
  • Regional: 75.2%, +2.1 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 126,480 tonnes, +0.9%;
• • Domestic: 66,250 tonnes, -0.4%;
  • International: 51,520 tonnes, +2.6%;
  • Regional: 8710 tonnes, +1.0%;
• Cargo load factor: 53.5%, -1.7 ppts;
• • Domestic: 50.7%, +4.0 ppts;
  • International: 54.4%, -4.4 ppts;
  • Regional: 52.6%, +4.8 ppts. [more - original PR]