CAAC: Chinese airline pax down 36.7% in 2020

CAAC reported (21-Feb-2021) the following traffic highlights for Chinese airlines:

• Dec-2020:
  • Passengers: 42.3 million, -19.8% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 42.2 million, -9.2%;
      • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 32,000, -95.3%;
    • International: 16,300, -97.4%;
  • Passenger load factor: 71.9%, -8.9pp;
  • Cargo: 695,000 tonnes, -2.5%;
    • Domestic: 473,000 tonnes, -3.8%;
      • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 18,000 tonnes, -3.6%;
    • International: 222,000 tonnes, +0.3%;
• 12 months ended Dec-2020:
  • Passengers: 417.8 million, -36.7%;
    • Domestic: 408.2 million, -30.3%
      • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 961,000, -91.3%;
    • International: 9.6 million, -87.1%;
  • Passenger load factor: 66.5%, -5.1pp;
  • Cargo: 6.8 million tonnes, -10.2%;
    • Domestic: 4.5 million tonnes, -11.3%;
      • Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan: 176,000 tonnes, -20.9%;
    • International: 2.2 million tonnes, -7.8%. [more - original PR]