China Eastern Airlines Group pax up 72%, cargo up 58% in 1H2021

31 August, 2021

China Eastern Airlines Group reported (30-Aug-2021) the following traffic highlights for the six months ended Jun-2021:

  • Passengers: 44.3 million, +71.9% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 44.0 million, +88.1%;
    • International: 130,910, -93.7%;
    • Regional: 128,530, -55.0%;
  • Passenger load factor: 70.8%, +4.1pp;
    • Domestic: 71.7%, +5.0pp;
    • International: 37.95%, -29.4pp;
    • Regional: 55.61%, -0.7pp;
  • Passenger traffic (RPK): +47.7%;
  • Passenger capacity (ASK): +39.2%;
  • Cargo: 463,030 tonnes, +57.7%;
    • Domestic: 291,570 tonnes, +38.6%;
    • International: 166,120 tonnes, +112.5%;
    • Regional: 5330 tonnes, +7.0%;
  • Cargo load factor: 35.03%, +1.9pp;
    • Domestic: 23.71%, -13.0pp;
    • International: 41.2%, +9.3pp;
    • Regional: 19.86%, +0.9pp. [more - original PR]