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China Eastern Airlines lifts total passengers carried 5.7% in December
January 19th 2026
China Eastern Airlines (CEA) flew 11.8 million passengers in December, compared with 11.1 million air travellers in the same month in 2024. Read More » All three of the SkyTeam alliance member’s passenger networks recorded similar increases in traffic - international passenger numbers for the 31 days increased 5.6%, to 1.8 million, domestic air travellers improved 5.7%, to 9.7 million, and regional passengers climbed 4.7% to 334,910. Overall passenger capacity, measured by available seat kilometres, was 4.9% higher and passenger load factor increased 2.1 percentage points to 85.7% in the month. At December 31, the Shanghai-headquartered airline had a fleet of 826 aircraft, against 825 at the end of November.
