China's airport traffic up 10 pct in 2015

Passenger numbers at China's airports hit 915 million in 2015, up 10 percent year on year, the civil aviation authority announced.

Passenger traffic at airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou accounted for 27.3 percent of all airport traffic, according to a report released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), posted on its website on Monday.

There were 26 airports with annual passenger numbers exceeding 10 million, up from 24 in 2014, accounting for 77.9 percent of all airport traffic, said the report.

China had 210 airports at the end of 2015, eight more than the previous year.

Total cargo volume at those airports rose 3.9 percent year on year to 14.09 million tonnes, it said.

The country has 51 airports with annual cargo throughput exceeding 10,000 tonnes. Airport cargo traffic at those airports accounted for 98.4 percent of the country's total in 2015, according to the report.

China will channel 77 billion yuan (11.7 billion U.S. dollars) in 2016 to support the construction of civil aviation infrastructure, particularly airports, CAAC announced on May 4.

(APD)