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China Eastern Airlines posts 15% month-on-month growth in domestic passengers
September 16th 2022
China Eastern Airlines (CEA) carried 5.8 million passengers on its Mainland network in August, up 15% from the 5.1 million customers it flew in July. Read More » In addition to the monthly improvement, the August figure was 64.6% above the 3.5 million passengers Air China flew in August a year ago. Domestic passenger load factor for the 31 days was 67.2%, unchanged from July but up by double digits from 55.7% in August 2021. The company reiterated previous statements that COVID still had a significant impact on the business of the company and that there still exists great uncertainty about the timespan and severity of the pandemic. In pre-COVID August 2019, the SkyTeam alliance member flew 10 million passengers and had a domestic passenger load factor of 86.5%.
