Chinese airlines carry over 200 million passengers in third quarter: Chinese report

According to the China Association of Aviation's announcement on the 16th, the number of passengers carried by domestic airlines in the third quarter (July-September) exceeded 200 million, the highest ever recorded for the period.
The association said that in the first nine months of this year, domestic airlines' profits rose 10.7% year-on-year to 20.12 billion yen (about 42.36 billion yen).
1 billion yen). 20 companies are in the black. Chinese media "Xin Beijing News" reported that six listed airlines (Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Spring Airlines) have released their
The report also looked at the flight status of airlines in September and noted that passenger capacity and volume for all airlines had decreased from August, but were up compared to the same month last year. In addition, all airlines except Hainan Airlines were affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
This represents an increase compared to the same month in 2019. In particular, Air China's domestic passenger traffic increased by 45.32% compared to the same month in 2019, showing the highest growth.
Spring Airlines showed the highest seat load factor in September, increasing by 45.68%. Spring Airlines had the highest seat load factor in September, with an average of 87.11%. The average seat load factor for the other four airlines, excluding Air China, was 80%.
Of these, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and Hainan Airlines exceeded their levels in the same month of 2019.