Air China Group pax up 7% in May-2019, cargo down 2%

Air China Group reported (13-Jun-2019) the following traffic highlights for May-2019:

• Passengers: 9.5 million, +6.7% year-on-year;
  • Domestic: 7.6 million, +4.2%;
  • International: 1.4 million, +16.1%;
  • Regional: 495,200, +21.3%;
• Passenger load factor: 80.1%, +2.1ppts;
  • Domestic: 81.5%, +1.7ppts;
  • International: 78.3%, +3.2ppts;
  • Regional: 79.2%, +0.2ppt;
• Cargo: 119,981 tonnes, -1.5%;
  • Domestic: 76,852 tonnes, -2.8%;
  • International: 38,432 tonnes, +0.8%;
  • Regional: 4697 tonnes, +0.9%;
• Cargo load factor: 46.1%, -1.9ppts;
  • Domestic: 39.7%, +0.8ppt;
  • International: 50.4%, -3.7ppts;
  • Regional: 30.8%, -6.4ppts. [more - original PR]