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 15% of seats this month. Its domestic capacity is 10% lower than December 2023.
• Second largest carrier China Eastern has 9.36m seats and 6% lower domestic capacity than in December 2023.
• The Top 10 Carriers remains unchanged this month and represents 71% of the domestic market.
• Percentage wise, Hainan Airlines has made the biggest increases in capacity vs last year, with 28% more domestic capacity.
  

KEY POINTS

• Beijing Capital Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao (PEK-SHA) is still China's busiest route with 633,600 seats, despite another reduction in capacity this month of 8% vs last year.
• Capacity on the Shanghai to Shenzhen (SHA-SZX) and Guangzhou-Hangzhou (CAN-HGH) routes also reduced by 8% vs December 2023.
• Capacity on the Chengdu-Shenzhen route (CTU-SZX) has increased most, increasing by 27% vs December 2023.
• The Top 10 Domestic Routes remains unchanged.
  

KEY POINTS

• Beijing remains the busiest city this month with 5.2m seats through the 2 main airports, despite a 1.4% reduction in capacity vs last year.
• Capacity at Shanghai, the second busiest city with 4.4m seats, has reduced by 4.9% vs last year.
• Chengdu is the third busiest city, only 303,300 seats less than Shanghai with 4.1m seats. Capacity in Chengdu has increased by 3.2% vs last year.
• Guangzhou's capacity is also growing, increasing by 3.0% vs last year to 3.1m seats.
• The Top 5 Cities account for 29.3% 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.