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Air China peak season domestic air traffic demand disappoints
August 16th 2022
Air China flew 5.2 million passengers on its domestic network in July, down 32.9% from the 7.6 million passengers it carried in the same month in 2021. Read More » However, the July total was up 65.6% from the 3.1 million domestic passengers the flag carrier transported in June. The Star Alliance member's domestic passenger load factor for the 31 days was 66.6% compared with 63.1% and 74.6% in June this year and July 2021, respectively. In pre-COVID-19 July three years ago the Beijing-based carrier flew 8.1 million domestic passengers and had a passenger load factor of 83.1%. Air China added two ARJ21-700s, two A350s and one A320neo family aircraft to its fleet last month and retired a 737-800 and a 737-900.
