China South Air (1055) passengers carried up 7.9% in October

China Southern Airlines (01055) said it carried about 11.03 million passengers in October an increase of 7.92% year-on-year and 5.21%  month-on-month.   For the first ten months of 2017, the accumulated number of passengers carried amounted to about 105 million, up 9.42% year-on-year.   Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (ASK)) of the Group rose 9.87% in October as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 82%, representing an increase of 0.43 percentage point as compared to the same period last year.   In terms of cargo operations, in October, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers (ATK) - Cargo and Mail) grew 6.89% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic  (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (RTK) - Cargo and Mail) picked up 6.8% year-on-year. The cargo load factor was 54.14%, representing a decrease of 0.04 percentage point as compared to the same period last year.