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Article: Company Watch - China Southern Airlines.
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- AirGuide Business
- Article date:
- October 12, 2009
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New York (AirGuideBusiness - Company Watch) Oct 11, 2009
China Southern Airlines' passenger traffic grew by nearly a third in August with all three segments registering double-digit growth. The Guangzhou-based carrier's RPKs increased by 31 percent year-on-year. International RPKs were up 20 percent, regional - referring to Hong Kong and Macau - was up 18 percent, and domestic up 33 percent. In real terms, the number of passengers carried rose 33 percent to 6.5 million. Domestic passenger numbers rose 34 percent to 6 million, regional numbers were up 14 percent at 116,000, and international figures rose 17 percent to 376,000. Capacity, as measured by ASKs, rose ...