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China Eastern Airlines passenger numbers rise above 14 million in July
August 17th 2026
China Eastern Airlines (CEA) flew 14.3 million passengers in July, up 4%% from 13.7 million carried in the same month in 2025. Read More » The improvement was achieved across all parts of CEA’s network - domestic passengers rose 3.9% to 12 million, international passengers were 3.8% higher at 1.9 million and regional flyers grew 10.2% to 351,080. The SkyTeam alliance member expanded passenger capacity, measured by available seat kilometres, 4.2% in the month, with revenue passenger kilometres 7.1% softer. Passenger load factor rose 2.4 percentage points to 87.1%. As at July 31, the Shanghai-headquartered airline had a fleet of 833 aircraft, unchanged from June 30.
