Japan MLITT: Pax and passenger load factor improve in 2016, cargo mixed

Japan MLITT reported (03-Mar-2017) the following traffic highlights in calendar year 2016:

• Passengers:
• • Domestic: 97.2 million, +1.4% year-on-year;
  • International: 20.5 million, +12.3%;
  • • China: 3.7 million, +11.2%;
    • South Korea: 1.8 million, +13.5%;
    • Rest of Asia: 9.0 million, +16.9%;
    • Americas: 2.8 million, +8.1%;
    • Pacific Ocean: 1.6 million, +2.1%;
    • Europe: 1.4 million, stable;
    • Oceania: 275,386, +76.6%;
• Passenger load factor:
• • Domestic: 69.3%, +1.8ppt;
  • International: 77.4%, +0.3ppt;
• Cargo:
• • Domestic: 904,876 tons, -1.6%;
  • International: 1.5 million tons, +9.0%.