Hainan Airlines Company Limited, China's fourth largest carrier in terms of fleet size, said Monday its first-half net profit rose 20.24 percent to 670 million yuan from a year earlier. Yield rose to 0.16 yuan.

The carrier's revenue jumped 19.64 percent to 11.563 billion yuan compared with the same period of the previous year.

The Haikou-based airline attributed its booming revenue to continued growth in air travel demand and rise in passenger traffic.