Passenger traffic carried by mainland airlines increased 7.3 pct year-on-year to 77.61 mln in the first five months of the year, the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) said.

In a statement published on its website, the CAAC said that cargo traffic rose 9.9 pct from a year earlier to 1.695 mln tons in the period.

In the first five months, domestic passenger traffic was 71.69 mln people, up 7.6 pct year-on-year, while international passengers increased by 4.8 pct to 6.607 mln.
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July 4th, 2008