In Play China Eastern Airlines

14-Jan-10 09:21 ET In Play China Eastern Airlines says carried 44 mln passengers in 2009; up 18.3% - DJ (34.12 ) : DJ reports the co carried 44 million passengers in 2009, up 18.3% from a year earlier, the company said. Passenger volume at the airline, one of China's three largest by fleet size, rose 10.9% in December from a year earlier to 3.37 million, it said in a statement. It did not give year-earlier figures. The Shanghai-based carrier's 2009 revenue passenger kilometers rose 13.3% to 60.9 billion, it said.