[ET Net News Agency, 13 February 2018] China Southern Airlines (01055) said it carried
about 10.51 million passengers in January, a decrease of 2.37% month-on-month and an
increase of 2.58% year-on-year.
In January, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (ASK)) of the
Group increased by 5.97% as compared to the same period last year. Passenger traffic
(measured by revenue passenger kilometres (RPK)) increased by 3.23%. The passenger load
factor was 80.08%, representing a decrease of 2.13 percentage points as compared to the
same period last year.
In terms of cargo operations, in January, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne
kilometers (ATK) - Cargo and Mail) increased by 4.28% as compared to the same period last
year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (RTK) - Cargo and Mail)
increased by 12.87% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo and mail load
factor was 51.98%, representing an increase of 3.96 percentage points as compared to the
same period last year. (HL)