Air China reports strong September 2025 passenger, cargo growth

In September 2025, Air China Limited and its subsidiaries experienced a 5.6% year-over-year increase in consolidated passenger turnover, despite a modest 1.2% rise in passenger capacity. Domestic passenger turnover grew by 3.4% with a slight 0.3% decrease in capacity, while international passenger turnover surged by 11.4% on a 4.8% capacity expansion. Regional passenger turnover also climbed by 6.6%, with capacity seeing a 0.8% decrease. The average passenger load factor improved by 3.5 percentage points to 83.2%.

Cargo operations also performed well, with cargo and mail turnover increasing by 4.6% year-over-year, even as cargo capacity decreased by 2.9%. This led to a 3.0 percentage point improvement in the cargo load factor, reaching 41.4%. During September 2025, the group added five A320 series and two B737 series aircraft, while retiring one B747 series and one A320 series aircraft.

As of the end of September 2025, the group operated a total of 946 aircraft, comprising 419 owned, 233 finance leased, and 294 operating leased aircraft. Additionally, Air China launched a new Beijing Daxing-Ganzhou Ruijin route with seven flights per week starting September 28, 2025.