China Eastern Airlines says it carried 71% more passengers in October than it did in the same month last year, an acceleration from September's on-year growth of 55%.

China Eastern said its domestic passenger numbers increased 93% from a year ago to 2.2 million in October after it consolidated the operations of two newly acquired airlines. International passengers increased 38% to 394,460.

The airline's passenger traffic for flights to and from Hong Kong and Macau, which isn't included in its international or domestic figures, fell 2.7% to 208,160 during the month.

The passenger load factor – the percentage of seats that were filled – rose 4.56 percentage points from a year ago to 75.16%. In September, the load factor was 71.87%.