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China’s ‘big three’ carriers see leap in May passenger numbers

06/17/2020| 10:43:15 AM|

Chinese carriers carried more than one million passengers in a day on 5 June.

China’s three largest carriers carried more passengers across their networks in May — the first month-on-month increase since the start of the year, when the coronavirus outbreak pummelled travel demand. 

Domestic passengers made up the lion’s share of the number of passengers carried, as the outbreak showed signs of stabilising in Mainland China and domestic travel restrictions eased further. 

For the month, Air China carried 4.07 million passengers across its network, a 53% increase compared to April. This was still about 57% lower year-on-year, however. 

Passenger load factor for May was 67.5% — 2.1 percentage points higher than April, but 12.7 percentage points lower year-on-year. 

As for China Southern, it carried 5.87 million passengers for the month — a 52% month-on-month increase, but a 44% decline compared to 2019. 

Passenger load factor was 66.8%, which was 3.45 percentage points higher than April, but a year-on-year drop of about 14.6 percentage points. 

Lastly, China Eastern carried about 4.17 million passengers in May, a 56% month-on-month jump. Compared to May 2019, however, this represented a 62% drop in passenger numbers. 

Passenger load factor for the month was 64.6%, a marginal 0.4 percentage point increase compared to April. 

The Civil Aviation Administration of China reported in early June that Chinese carriers carried more than one million passengers in a day on 5 June — the first time in more than four months since the outbreak struck. 

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TAGS: Air China | China Southern Airlines | China Eastern Airlines
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