CHINA AVIATION MARKET

Flight Data for China

Explore Chinese Flight Statistics | June 2025

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.

TOP 10 BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN CHINA | June 2025

Which are China's biggest airports?

  • Baiyun International (CAN) remains China's busiest domestic airport this month, with 3.3m seats, a 7% increase in capacity vs last year.
  • Shenzhen (SZN) and Beijing Capital (PEK) are a close second and third place with 2.95m and 2.81m seats respectively.
  • Capacity is increasing at the fastest rate of 7% at Baiyun International (CAN) followed by Shenzhen, Beijing Daxing Intl and Kunming which are all growing by 5%.

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TOP 10 DOMESTIC AIRLINES IN CHINA | June 2025

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.

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TOP 10 BUSIEST AIRLINE ROUTES IN CHINA | JUNE 2025

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%.

CHINA'S BUSIEST CITIES BY AIRLINE CAPACITY | JUNE 2025

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%.

DOMESTIC VS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE CAPACITY | JUNE 2025

How Much of Chinese Airline Capacity is Domestic?

  • Domestic capacity accounts for 92% of all seats to, from and within China this month, with 67.5m seats.
  • Overall capacity increased by 3% vs last year, with domestic capacity increasing by 2% and international capacity by 15%.

DISTRIBUTION OF CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE CAPACITY BY COUNTRY | JUNE 2025

Which Countries do Chinese Travellers Visit?

  • Japan is the busiest international market with 1.1m seats. It has now recovered and exceeded 2019 levels, with a 37% increase in capacity vs last year.
  • The Republic of Korea is the next busiest international markets with 904,800 seats.
  • International capacity continued to recover strongly to Viet Nam, Japan and Malaysia, increasing by 64%, 37% and 27% respectively vs June 2024.
  • In contrast, international capacity to Thailand dropped by 25%.

TOP 10 PROVINCES BY SEAT CAPACITY | JUNE 2025

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

China's Largest Provinces for Air Capacity

  • The largest Province for scheduled domestic airline capacity remains Guangdong Province, accounting for 7.7m seats which is 11% of all scheduled departing capacity in June 2025. This represents a 7% increase in capacity compared with June 2024.
  • Guangdong has 2.5m more seats than Beijing province, the second biggest province with 5.2m seats.
  • Capacity increased at the fastest rate in Xinjiang Province where it increased by 11%, taking it into the Top 10 and displacing Fujian Province.
  • Domestic capacity continues to reduce by 3% in Shandong Province.
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