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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. 

 

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AirChina
Main Hub: Beijing Capital (PEK)
Country / Territory: China
Alliance: Star Alliance

 

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Capacity

113,730,829

🡇 0.8% YoY
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Frequency

619,121

⬆ 0.6% YoY
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ASKs

218,098,915,357

⬆ 2.8% YoY

 

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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

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Air China: Capacity by region 

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Air China: Top five country markets

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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