CHINA AVIATION MARKET

Flight data insights and aviation analysis focused on China's airline market , with data powered by OAG's Schedules Analyser.

Here's an overview of the top statistics from China's aviation market this month:

• The busiest airport: Baiyun International (CAN) 
• Top Chinese airline (domestic): China Southern Airlines
• The busiest domestic air route in China: Shanghai Hongqiao to Shenzhen (SHA - SZN)
• China's biggest city for air capacity: Beijing
• The top country Chinese travellers fly to: Japan
• Scroll down for more data from each category.

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.

Which are China's biggest airports?

• Baiyun International (CAN) remains China's busiest domestic airport this month, with 3.3m seats, a 8% increase in capacity vs last year.
• Shenzhen (SZN) and Beijing Capital (PEK) airports remain the second and third busiest airports, with 3m and 2.9m seats respectively.
• Kunming and Shanghai Pudong airports saw the fastest capacity growth, each increasing by 7% compared to last year.
  

What are China's Top Airlines?

• China Southern Airlines is the busiest airline, representing 15% of the domestic market with 10.2m seats in November 2025. China Eastern Airlines follows in second place, with a 14% share of the domestic market and 9.4m seats.
• Percentage wise, Spring Airlines continues to make the biggest increase in capacity again vs last year, with a 17% increase in domestic capacity vs November 2024.
• Shenzhen Airlines has decreased its capacity by 7% compared to last year, while Xiamen Airlines has seen a 3% reduction.
  

Which are the Most Flown Airline Routes in China?

• Shanghai Hongqiao to Shenzhen (SHA - SZN) is China's busiest route this month with 658k seats, 11% more capacity than November 2024.
• Beijing Capital Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao (PEK-SHA) route moved into second busiest position with 642k seats.
• Capacity on the Hangzhou-Shenzhen (CAN-SHA) route grew fastest within the Top 10, by 10% vs last year.
  

Which Chinese Cities are Key For Air Travel?

• Beijing remains the busiest city this month with 5.2m seats through the 2 main airports, representing 8% of the market.
• Shanghai follows as the second busiest city, with 4.5 million seats and making up 7% of the market.
• Capacity at the city of Zhengzhou increased at the fastest rate of 9% vs last year, followed by Guangzhou which increased again by 8%.
  

The table shows domestic capacity by Chinese Province for this month and the same month last year.