CHINA AVIATION MARKET

TRACKING THE TRAVEL RECOVERY IN CHINA

EXPLORE THE LATEST FLIGHT DATA TO TRACK THE TRAVEL RECOVERY IN CHINA | JULY 2024

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.

TOP 10 BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN CHINA | JULY 2024

KEY POINTS

  • Guangzhou Airport (CAN) remains China's largest domestic airport this month, with 3.7m seats which is a 12.3% increase in capacity vs last month.
  • Shenzhen (SZX) and Beijing Capital (PEK) are a close second and third largest domestic airports, with 3.4m and 3.1m seats respectively.
  • The combined capacity of Beijing's PEK and PKX airports is 5.8m, ahead of the combined capacity of Shanghai (SHA & PVG) with 5.2m seats.
  • Within the top 10, capacity increased most at Kunming Airport vs last month, increasing by 20%.

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TOP 10 DOMESTIC AIRLINES IN CHINA | JULY 2024

China's Top 10 Airlines by departing seats (one way)

KEY POINTS

  • China Southern remains China's largest airline this month, with scheduled seat capacity of 13.2m seats this month, 15% of domestic capacity.
  • The gap between the second and third largest carriers, China Eastern Airlines and Air China, has increased further to 3.6m seats this month.
  • Beijing Capital Airlines has increased capacity by 39% vs last month, bringing it into 10th position and displacing Chengdu Airlines into 11th position.
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TOP 10 BUSIEST AIRLINE ROUTES IN CHINA | JULY 2024

KEY POINTS

  • Beijing Capital Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao (PEK-SHA) remains the busiest route with 629,600 seats, however capacity is still 14% lower than in July 23 and daily capacity has decreased by 4% vs last month.
  • Daily capacity increased most within the Top 10 on the Hangzhou to Shenzhen (HGH-SZX) and Guangzhou to Beijing Daxing Intl (CAN-PKX) routes, with a daily increase of 11% and 20% respectively vs last month.
  • Daily capacity on the Guangzhou to Shanghai Hongqiao (CAN-SHA) route and Beijing Capital to Shenzhen (PEK-SZX) route both reduced by 7% vs last month.

CHINA'S BUSIEST CITIES BY AIRLINE CAPACITY | JULY 2024

KEY POINTS

  • Beijing is the busiest city in terms of capacity, with 5.8m seats served through its two airports Beijing Capital International Airport and Beijing Daxing International. This represents 617,400 more seats than the next busiest city, Shanghai.
  • Shanghai is the second busiest city, with 5.2m seats served through its two airports Shanghai Hongqiao International and Shanghai Pudong International Apt. This is 1.5m more seats than the third busiest city, Guangzhou.
  • Guangzhou remains the third busiest city, with 3.7m seats in July 2024.
  • The Top 5 cities account for 24% of domestic capacity.
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DOMESTIC VS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE CAPACITY | JULY 2024

KEY POINTS

  • Domestic capacity accounts for 92.7% of all seats to, from and within China this month, with international making up the remaining 7.3%.
  • Domestic capacity grew by 16% vs last month, whilst international capacity grew by 14%.
  • International capacity continues to grow significantly vs 2023.

DISTRIBUTION OF CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE CAPACITY BY COUNTRY | JULY 2024

KEY POINTS

  • Japan continues to be China's largest outbound market in July 24, with 897,200 seats.
  • Capacity recovered well to Thailand following last month's reduction in capacity, increasing by 21% vs last month, taking it back into second largest international market but still 22% lower than in July 2019.
  • Capacity also recovered well to Malaysia, increasing by 25% vs last month, 16% higher than in July 2019.
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TOP 10 PROVINCES BY SEAT CAPACITY | JULY 2024

The table shows domestic capacity by Chinese Province for this month (July 2024) as well as last month (June 2024) and the same month last year (July 2023).

KEY POINTS

  • The largest Province for scheduled domestic airline capacity remains Guangdong Province, accounting for 10% of all scheduled departing capacity.
  • Sichuan is now the second largest province, with 3.1m fewer seats than Guangdong.
  • Capacity across the Top 10 Provinces increased by 14% vs last month and accounts for 57% of all China's domestic capacity.
  • Within the top 10, capacity increased most in Yunnan and Liaoning Provinces, increasing by 21% and taking Liaoning Province into the top 10. Fujian Province dropped from 10th to 11th position.
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