China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. (00670) passenger turnover increased 25.17% year on year in September

Zhitong Finance App News, China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. (00670) announced that the company's passenger capacity investment in September 2024 (based on available seat kilometers) rose 10.33% year on year to 107.82% in the same period in 2019; passenger turnover (in passenger kilometers) increased 25.17% year on year to 112.75% in the same period in 2019; the passenger occupancy rate was 83.51%, up 9.90 percentage points year on year, up 3.65 percentage points from the same period in 2019. In September 2024, cargo and mail turnover (measured in tonns/km) increased by 12.79% year-on-year, reaching 110.11% in the same period in 2019.

In terms of the domestic market, the company opened new routes such as Ningbo-Datong and Nanjing-Mangshi in September to encrypt routes such as Shanghai Hongqiao-Beijing Daxing, Shanghai Pudong-Dunhuang, Shanghai Pudong-Tianjin, Beijing Daxing-Harbin, Beijing-Daxing-Chengdu Shuangliu, Chengdu-Tianfu-Qingdao, and Guangzhou-Wenzhou. The company's passenger capacity investment in the domestic market in September reached 113.59% of the same period in 2019.

In terms of the international market, the company opened new routes from Shanghai Pudong to Venice, Shanghai Pudong to Kazan Airport, and Xi'an to Milan in September, and resumed flights such as Yantai to Bangkok, and encrypted routes such as Shanghai Pudong to Sydney, Beijing Daxing to Kuala Lumpur, and Kunming to Yangon. The company's passenger capacity investment in the international market in September has recovered to 97.22% of the same period in 2019.

In terms of the regional market, the company's passenger capacity investment in the regional market in September reached 109.79% of the same period in 2019.

In September 2024, the company introduced 3 aircraft, including 1 B737 series aircraft, 1 A320 series aircraft, and 1 C919, and withdrew 2 A320 series aircraft. As of the end of September 2024, the company operated a total of 790 aircraft, including 341 owned aircraft, 232 financial-leased aircraft, and 217 leased aircraft.