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Jan 10, 2025 (newstodate): 2024 was a remarkably good year for China's civil aviation, according to a report presented on the 2025 National Civil Aviation Work Conference held on January 9.
    In 2024, the industry reduced losses by 20.6 billion yuan, y-o-y, and generally turned losses into profits.  
   The daily utilization rate of aircraft was 8.9 hours, an increase of 0.8 hours y-o-y; the regular passenger load factor was 83.3 percent, up 5.4 percentage points y-o-y and 0.1 percentage point higher than in 2019; the load factor was 72 percent, up 4.3 percentage points y-o-y, and 0.4 percentage points higher than in 2019.
   Also in 2024, the industry performed a total transport turnover of 148.52 billion tonne-kilometers, a passenger transport volume of 730 million people, and cargo and mail transport volume of 8.982 million tonnes, up 25, 17.9, and 22.1 percent y-o-y - and up 14.8, 10.6, and 19.3 percent, respectively, compared to 2019.
   Forecasting 2025, China's aviation industry is expected to generate a total transport turnover of 161 billion tonne-kilometers, 780 million passenger flights, and 9.5 million tonnes of cargo and mail transport, further improving the industry's profitability.
    In 2025, China will also promote the development of air cargo.  
   The civil aviation will increase the allocation of time resources and daytime peak time configuration for hub airports with strong cargo functions; support airlines to expand the scale of all-cargo aircraft fleets; promote innovation in security models and improve security efficiency; optimize the security inspection process for air cargo and mail, standardize the security of ground cargo and mail transfer; improve the use of electronic waybills and promote the intelligent development of air cargo.
   In 2024 China operated a total of 263 airports, with another seven to be opened in 2025.