AIR China's latest operation figures showed that the carrier achieved a strong growth of 55.1 per cent in its cargo volume and an increase of 6.3 per cent in its passenger volume in January, Logistics Week reported.

The carrier's cargo volume amounted to 90,700 tonnes. Domestic cargo volume rose 37.1 per cent to 52,200 tonnes while international cargo volume surged 86.2 per cent to 34,300 tonnes. Cargo volume on Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan lines rocketed 111.3 per cent to 4,002 tonnes.

Passenger volume in the same month totalled to 3.4 million. Domestic passenger volume increased 5.4 per cent to 2.8 million. International passenger volume rose 11 per cent to 490,000 persons. Passenger volume on Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan lines went up 11.4 per cent to 108,000 persons.

Passenger load factor fell 0.2 percentage points to 77 per cent, while general load factor increased 6.1 percentage points to 67.8 per cent.