China Eastern Airlines expected it will break 100 million annual passengers for the first time in its history in 2016, ending the year with record operating revenue and its eighth consecutive year of profitability.

The SkyTeam carrier will achieve a total turnover of 19.7 billion tonnes kilometers in 2016, up 10.5% year on year. It also forecasted an 8.2% increase in passenger volume to 101.4 million, with cargo traffic declining 0.4% to 1.39 million tonnes.

During the year the carrier will accomplish a total of 1.96 million hours of safe operations, with 838,400 aircraft movements.

Notably, China Eastern has deployed 4.17% more capacity on international routes, adding nine overseas gateways and increasing frequencies of 25 international routes. Specifically, the airline also added 62.3%, 25.5% and 39.5% more capacity on international routes to North America, Europe and Australia.

At present, China Eastern operates more than 580 aircraft, flying to 1,062 destinations among 177 countries and regions via the extensive shared network of SkyTeam Alliance.

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