China Eastern Airlines pax numbers up 6% to 8.4m in Apr-2016, cargo down 5%

China Eastern Airlines reports (17-May-2016) the following traffic highlights in Apr-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 8.4 million, +5.5% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 6.9 million, +4.2%;
  • International: 1.2 million, +12.9%;
  • Regional: 269,230, +9.5%;
• Passenger load factor: 82.1%, +0.3 ppt;
• • Domestic: 83.4%, +0.7 ppt;
  • International: 80.0%, -0.4 ppt;
  • Regional: 80.0%, +4.7 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 111,360 tonnes, -5.1%;
• • Domestic: 55,480 tonnes, -3.0%;
  • International: 47,310 tonnes, -8.4%;
  • Regional: 8570 tonnes, +0.4%;
• Cargo load factor: 51.1%, -4.1 ppts;
• • Domestic: 40.2%, +1.6 ppts;
  • International: 55.0%, -7.4 ppts;
  • Regional: 45.8%, +2.5 ppts. [more - original PR]