Air China said it carried 2.58 mln passengers in November, up 11.5 pct from a year earlier.

Passenger numbers for the first 11 months rose 14.1 pct year-on-year to 25.5 mln, the Beijing-based carrier said in a statement.

Air China flew 2.06 mln passengers domestically in November, while internationally it carried 443,600 passengers.

For Hong Kong and Macau routes, passenger numbers in November reached 70,300, Air China said.

The airline carried 80,688 tons of cargo in November and 763,229 tons in the first 11 months of the year, up 27.2 pct and 15.1 pct, respectively.

Air China's passenger load factor in November was 75.4 pct, while for the first 11 months it was 76.4 pct.

Cargo load factor was 56.3 pct in November and 53.5 pct for the first 11 months.