Air China April passengers 2.91 mln, down 1.7 pct yr-on-yr

BEIJING, May 13, 2008 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- AICAF | news | PowerRating | PR Charts -- Air China (SHA 601111; HK 0753) said it carried 2.91 mln passengers in April, down 1.7 pct year-on-year.

In a statement published on its website, the airline said it carried 11.22 mln passengers in the first four months of 2008, up 3.7 pct year-on-year.

The overall passenger load factor was 76.8 pct in April, down 0.7 percentage point year-on-year, while the overall passenger load factor for the first four months was 77 pct, up 1.6 percentage points.

Air China carried 79,138 tons of cargo in April, down 4 pct from a year earlier, and a total of 299,135 tons for the first four months, down 0.1 pct.

Cargo load factor for April was 59.4 pct, up 6.2 percentage points, while the load factor for the first four months was 57.1 pct, up 5.5 percentage points.

zachary.wei@xfn.com

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