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Air China
Essential performance statistics
Discover how Air China performed in 2025 with key metrics such as capacity, frequency, ASKs and busiest routes.
Main Hub: Beijing Capital (PEK)
Country / Territory: China
Alliance: Star Alliance
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Capacity
113,730,829
🡇 0.8% YoY
Frequency
619,121
⬆ 0.6% YoY
ASKs
218,098,915,357
⬆ 2.8% YoY
Routes
1,216
⬆0.8% YoY
Air China: 2025 in stats
- Air China reduced its domestic capacity by 3.1% in 2025 and grew its international capacity by 12.3%, with overall capacity down 0.8% on 2024.
- When compared to China Eastern and China Southern, Air China has grown far more since 2019, up 22%, whereas China Southern is up 4% and China Eastern is up 10% in seat capacity.
- The airline is expected to grow in the future given its very healthy order book of 199 aircraft
- 51% of the aircraft on order are Airbus,
- with a further 46% Comac C919s,
- the remaining 4% are Boeing aircraft, just 7 Boeing 737 Max 8s.
- Air China operates 27.7 million seats at Beijing Capital as its main hub.
Air China: Capacity by type

Air China: Capacity by region
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Air China: Top five country markets
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Air China: Top 5 busiest airports
Top 5 busiest international routes
- HKG-PEK
- HND-PEK
- NRT-PVG
- FRA-PEK
- PEK-SIN
Top 5 busiest domestic routes
- CTU-PEK
- PEK-SHA
- PEK-SZX
- CAN-PEK
- HGH-PEK
Air China: Aircraft fleet composition
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