CHINA AVIATION MARKET

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

Track the Chinese aviation market through data insights including:

• The busiest airports
• Top Chinese airlines
• The busiest domestic air routes in China
• China's biggest cities for air capacity
• The top 20 countries Chinese travellers fly to
• And more

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.

What are China's Top Airlines?

• China Southern Airlines is China's busiest airline, representing 15% of the domestic market with 10.4m in June 2025.
• Spring Airlines continues to make the biggest increase in capacity with a 16% increase in domestic capacity compared to June 2024.
• Juneyao Airlines and Shandong Airlines continued to take out capacity this month by 6% and 3% respectively.
  

Which are the Most Flown Airline Routes in China?

• Beijing Capital Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao (PEK-SHA) remains China's busiest route with 603,400 seats, despite a 5% reduction in capacity.
• Capacity on the Chengdu to Shenzhen (CTU-SZX) route continues to increase at the fastest rate of 12%.
• The Guangzhou to Shanghai Hongqiao (CAN-SHA) route is declining at the fastest rate of 12%.
  

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.
• Capacity at Shanghai, the second busiest city with 4.5m seats, represents 7% share of the market.
• Capacity at the city of Guangzhou increased at the fastest rate of 7%.

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