CAAC: Chinese airlines pax up 8% to 659.9m in 2019, cargo up 2%

CAAC reported (20-Feb-2020) the following traffic highlights for Chinese airlines:

• Dec-2019:
  • Passengers: 52.8 million, +5.1% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 46.4 million, +4.1%;
      • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 696,000, -28.4%;
    • International: 6.3 million, +12.9%;
  • Passenger load factor: 80.8%, -0.3pp;
  • Cargo: 713,000 tonnes, +6.3%;
    • Domestic: 491,000 tonnes, +8.3%;
      • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 19,000 tonnes, -7.4%;
    • International: 222,000 tonnes, +2.2%;
• 12 months ended Dec-2019:
  • Passengers: 659.9 million, +7.9%;
    • Domestic: 585.7 million, +6.9%;
      • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 11.1 million, -1.7%;
    • International: 74.3 million, +16.6%;
  • Passenger load factor: 83.2%, stable;
  • Cargo: 7.5 million tonnes, +2.0%;
    • Domestic: 5.1 million tonnes, +3.1%;
      • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 222,000 tonnes, -5.4%;
    • International: 2.4 million tonnes, -0.3%. [more - original PR]