Each month, we track the Chinese aviation market including the busiest airports, routes, cities, provinces and more. We’re shining the spotlight on airlines this month, so as China’s air travel recovery starts to pick up pace, which are the biggest airlines leading the way in China?
The top three biggest airlines for domestic capacity in China are China Southern, China Eastern and Air China. Between them, they operate 58% of China’s domestic capacity in February 2024.
- China Southern: 1.6m seats
- China Eastern: 10.5m seats
- Air China: 8.4m seats
The next largest Chinese airline behind the top three is Hainan Airlines, with 4,166,558 seats this month – less than half of Air China’s capacity.
Compared to February 2023, China Southern has increased capacity by 11%, as has China Eastern. Air China is up 23% on the same month in 2023.
Spring Airlines, whilst operating around one fifth the number of seats as China Southern, are the country’s largest Low-Cost Carrier and have recorded…
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