Flight Global - Alfred Chua
After being hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak at the start of the year, China’s three largest carriers saw some degree of recovery in domestic traffic for April — even while their international networks continue to suffer steep declines.
Of the three, only Air China saw fewer domestic passengers for the month, carrying 2.65 million passengers, a 4.2% month-on-month drop.
China Southern and China Eastern Airlines both reported higher numbers of passengers carried on their respective domestic networks. China Southern carried 3.83 million passengers for the period, a 6.1% month-on-month increase, while China Eastern reported a 25% increase in domestic passengers carried, at 2.64 million passengers...more