China Eastern Airlines pax numbers up 6% to 9.7m in Aug-2016, cargo down 1%

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

• Passenger numbers: 9.7 million, +5.9% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 8.1 million, +4.7%;
  • International: 1.4 million, +16.2%;
  • Regional: 274,400, -5.3%;
• Passenger load factor: 85.3%, +0.3 ppt;
• • Domestic: 86.0%, +1.3 ppts;
  • International: 84.5%, -1.4 ppts;
  • Regional: 79.1%, -3.4 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 110,960 tonnes, -1.3%;
• • Domestic: 55,900 tonnes, -2.5%;
  • International: 47,410 tonnes, +2.1%;
  • Regional: 7640 tonnes, -10.8%;
• Cargo load factor: 49.1%, -1.0 ppt;
• • Domestic: 42.5%, +5.4 ppts;
  • International: 51.1%, -4.6 ppts;
  • Regional: 47.8%, +2.5 ppts. [more - original PR]