Air China said it carried 2.4 mln passengers in January, up 8.3 pct from a year earlier.

In a statement, the Beijing-based airline said it also carried 72,658 tons of cargo last month, up 12.5 pct year-on-year.

Air China said it flew 1.9 mln passengers domestically, 393,900 internationally, and 62,700 to Hong Kong and Macau in January.

The passenger load factor for the month was 69.9 pct, up 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier, while the cargo load factor was 50.7 pct, down 0.3 percentage points.