CHINA AVIATION MARKET

Flight data and analysis focused on China's aviation market recovery, with data powered by OAG's Schedules Analyser. The data is updated monthly. Seats are calculated as departing seats (one-way). The data displayed in the charts below is available to download here.

China's Top 10 Airlines by departing seats (one way)

KEY POINTS

• China Southern remains China's largest carrier, with 11m seats. Nevertheless, China Eastern Airlines has reduced the difference between the two airlines with 10.8m seats and both represent 15% of the domestic market.
• The Top 10 carriers remains unchanged this month and represents 71% of the domestic market.
• Percentage wise, Xiamen Airlines and Shandong Airlines have made the biggest increases in capacity vs last year, with 13% and 11% more domestic capacity respectively than in January 24.
• Juneyao Airlines has reduced capacity by 7% vs last year.
  

KEY POINTS

• Beijing Capital Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao (PEK-SHA) is still China's busiest route with 600,400 seats, despite another reduction in capacity this month of 7% vs last year.
• Capacity on the Shanghai to Shenzhen (SHA-SZX) and Guangzhou-Shanghai (CAN-SHA) routes also reduced by 14% and 12% respectively vs January 2024.
• Capacity on the Chongqing-Shenzhen route (CKG-SZX) has increased most, increasing by 12% vs January 2024. This takes it into the Top 10 and displaces Chengdu to Shenzhen (CTU-SZN).
  

KEY POINTS

• Beijing remains the busiest city this month with 5.4m seats through the 2 main airports, with capacity unchanged vs last year.
• Capacity at Shanghai, the second busiest city with 4.7m seats, has reduced marginally by 0.6% vs last year.
• Chengdu is the third busiest city, only 364,500 seats less than Shanghai with 4.3m seats. Capacity in Chengdu has increased by 4.7% vs last year.
• The Top 5 cities account for 28.4% of domestic capacity this month.
  
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The table shows domestic capacity by Chinese Province for this month and the same month last year.