China East Air (00670) Jul passenger capacity up 12.42%

   China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (00670) said in July 2019, the company's passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) increased by 12.42% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic, international and regional routes increased by 15.13%, 7.65% and 11.69% year-on-year, respectively; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 10.42% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic, international and regional routes increased by 12.16%, 7.47% and 6.28% year-on-year, respectively; and passenger load factor decreased by 1.49 percentage points year-on-year to 81.95%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by 2.19, 0.14 and 4.12 percentage points year-on-year, respectively.
  In relation to freight transportation, the freight transportation business of the company only consists of bellyhold space freight operated through passenger aircraft, and such business is under contractual operation by a subsidiary of the controlling shareholder of the Company. Freight load volume in July 2019 increased by 10.99% year-on-year.