Air China Limited (00753) saw a year-on-year increase of 1.2% in passenger transport capacity in September, and a 5.6% increase in passenger traffic turnover.

Air China Limited (00753) announced that in September 2025, the company and its subsidiaries (referred to as the "Group") saw a year-on-year increase in passenger traffic turnover (measured by revenue passenger kilometers). Passenger capacity input (measured by available seat kilometers) increased by 1.2% year-on-year, while passenger traffic turnover increased by 5.6%. Domestic passenger capacity input decreased by 0.3% year-on-year, with passenger traffic turnover increasing by 3.4%; international passenger capacity input increased by 4.8%, with passenger traffic turnover increasing by 11.4%; and regional passenger capacity input decreased by 0.8%, with passenger traffic turnover increasing by 6.6%. The average passenger load factor was 83.2%, an increase of 3.5 percentage points year-on-year. Specifically, domestic routes saw a 3.0 percentage point increase, international routes saw a 4.7 percentage point increase, and regional routes saw a 5.1 percentage point increase. In terms of freight, freight capacity input (measured by available freight ton kilometers) decreased by 2.9% year-on-year, while freight traffic turnover (measured by revenue freight ton kilometers) increased by 4.6%. The freight load factor was 41.4%, an increase of 3.0 percentage points year-on-year. Starting from September 28, 2025, the company added a new Beijing Daxing - Ganzhou Ruijin route (operating seven times a week). In September 2025, the Group introduced 5 A320 series aircraft and 2 B737 series aircraft, while retiring 1 B747 series aircraft and 1 A320 series aircraft. As of the end of September 2025, the Group operated a total of 946 aircraft, including 419 owned aircraft, 233 leased through financing, and 294 leased for operation.