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

• The top 10 Domestic airlines remains unchanged from March 24 and represent 71% of the total domestic market.
• China Southern remains China's largest airline, with scheduled seat capacity of 10.7m seats this month and accounts for 15% share of the domestic capacity market.
• Percentage wise Sichuan Airlines reduced capacity most vs last year, decreasing capacity by 12%, followed by China Southern Airlines reducing capacity by 6% vs April 23.
• Juneyao Airlines made the largest daily increase, increasing by 18% vs March 24.  Shandong Airlines increased daily capacity by 12%.
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KEY POINTS

• Beijing Capital Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao (PEK-SHA) is the busiest route with 653,200 seats, however capacity is still 11% lower than in April 23.
• Daily capacity on the Chongqing to Shenzhen (CKG-SZX) route increased by 13% vs last month, bringing it back into the top 10 and displacing the Hangzhou to Beijing Capital (HGH-PEK) route which is now 11th busiest route.
• Daily capacity on the Shanghai Hongqiao to Shenzhen (SHA-SZX) route decreased by 7% vs March 24.
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KEY POINTS

• Beijing is the busiest city in terms of capacity, with 5.2m seats served through its two airports Beijing Capital International Airport and Beijing Daxing International. This is 645,800 seats more than the next busiest city.
• Shanghai is the second busiest city, with 4.6m seats served through its two airports Shanghai Hongqiao International and Shanghai Pudong International Apt.
• Guangzhou remains third busiest city, with 3.3m seats in April 2024.
• The Top 5 cities account for 27% of domestic capacity.
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The table and graph show domestic airline capacity by Chinese province.