Discover how China Southern performed in 2025 with key metrics such as capacity, frequency, ASKs and busiest routes.
Main Hub: Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN)
Country / Territory: CHINA
Alliance: n/a
China Southern: 2025 IN STATS
CAPACITY
146,859,401
⬆ 0.1% YoY
FREQUENCY
816,510
0.0% YoY
ASKS
253,641,965,402
⬆ 4.6% YoY
ROUTES
1,678
⬇ 5.3% YoY
Key Takeaways
China Southern Airlines only grew overall capacity marginally (0.1%) in 2025, with domestic capacity declining for the airline (-2.3%), while its international capacity grew by 17.6%.
The largest international market for the airline in 2025 was Japan with 1.3 million seats, an increase of 45% on 2024 levels, followed by Republic of Korea with 1 million seats.
In a similar pattern to China Eastern and Air China, the airline is benefiting from the ability to fly over Russia (unlike its European competitors) to grow European capacity; European capacity has increased by 27.2% since 2019, and by 11% between 2024 and 2025.
Guangzhou is the main focus airport for the airline, which accounts for 23 million seats, nearly twice the size of its second largest hub, Beijing Daxing, at 12 million seats.
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