Air China Limited (00753) December passenger turnover increased by 10% year-on-year.

Air China Limited (00753) announced that in December 2025, the company and its subsidiaries (group) saw an increase in passenger turnover (measured by revenue passenger kilometers) compared to the same period last year. Passenger transport capacity (measured by available seat kilometers) increased by 4.0% year-on-year, while passenger turnover increased by 10.0%. Specifically, domestic passenger transport capacity increased by 4.2% year-on-year, with passenger turnover up by 10.6%; international passenger transport capacity increased by 4.1%, with passenger turnover up by 9.1%; and regional passenger transport capacity decreased by 0.7%, with passenger turnover increasing by 4.1%. The average passenger load factor was 82.2%, up by 4.5 percentage points year-on-year. Domestically, the load factor increased by 4.9 percentage points, internationally by 3.6 percentage points, and regionally by 3.4 percentage points. In terms of cargo, freight transport capacity (measured by available freight ton kilometers) decreased by 1.9% year-on-year, while freight and mail turnover (measured by revenue freight ton kilometers) increased by 5.3%. The cargo load factor was 39.2%, up by 2.7 percentage points. Starting on December 30, 2025, the company added a new Chengdu-Tianfu to Almaty route (twice weekly). In December 2025, the group introduced 6 A320 series aircraft and 2 C919 aircraft. By the end of December 2025, the group operated a total of 964 aircraft, including 418 owned aircraft, 252 leased through financing, and 294 operated under leasing contracts.