Air China July 2026 Capacity Up 4.8%, Traffic Up 11.2%, Load Factor 85%
In July 2026, three Chinese carriers posted year-on-year growth. China Southern's capacity rose 4.23% and traffic 5.25%, with load factor at 85.20%. China Eastern's capacity rose 4.24% and traffic 7.13%, with load factor at 87.11% and cargo turnover up 2.77%. Air China's capacity rose 4.8% and traffic 11.2%, with load factor at 85.0%.
China Southern Airlines announced that in July 2026, the company and its subsidiaries' passenger capacity input (measured in available seat kilometers) increased by 4.23% year-on-year; passenger turnover (measured in revenue passenger kilometers) increased by 5.25% year-on-year; load factor was 85.20%, up 0.82 percentage points year-on-year.
China Eastern Airlines announced that in July 2026, its passenger capacity input (measured in available seat kilometers) increased by 4.24% year-on-year; passenger turnover (measured in passenger kilometers) increased by 7.13% year-on-year; load factor was 87.11%, up 2.35 percentage points year-on-year. In July, cargo and mail turnover (measured in cargo and mail ton-kilometers) increased by 2.77% year-on-year.
Air China announced that in July 2026, the combined passenger capacity input (measured in available seat kilometers) and passenger turnover (measured in revenue passenger kilometers) of the company and its subsidiaries both increased year-on-year. Passenger capacity input increased by 4.8% year-on-year, and passenger turnover increased by 11.2% year-on-year. The average load factor was 85.0%, up 4.9 percentage points year-on-year.
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