Eu Day Light

The Civil Aviation Administration of China announced that the number of passengers transported by air nationwide rose 3.9 percent last month to 74.629 million, while the load factor on scheduled flights stood at 86.3 percent.

According to key operating statistics for July released by the administration today, the number of passengers carried on domestic flights rose 4.1 percent year-on-year to 67.369 million. During the same period, the number of passengers carried on international flights increased 2.3 percent to 7.260 million.

Meanwhile, the data showed that the volume of air cargo and mail transported in July fell 0.3 percent from the same period last year to 864,000 tons.