Air China Limited (00753) saw a year-on-year increase of 11.2% in passenger turnover for July.

Air China Limited (00753) announced that in July 2026, the group's consolidated passenger capacity (measured in available seat kilometers) and passenger turnover (measured in revenue passenger kilometers) both increased year-on-year. Passenger capacity increased by 4.8% compared to the previous year, and passenger turnover rose by 11.2% year-on-year. Among these, domestic passenger capacity increased by 3.9% year-on-year, while passenger turnover increased by 9.6% year-on-year; international passenger capacity saw a rise of 8.8% year-on-year, and passenger turnover increased by 17.4% year-on-year; regional passenger capacity decreased by 12.9% year-on-year, with passenger turnover falling by 10.4% year-on-year. The average passenger load factor was 85.0%, an increase of 4.9 percentage points year-on-year. Specifically, domestic routes increased by 4.4 percentage points year-on-year, international routes increased by 6.1 percentage points year-on-year, and regional routes increased by 2.1 percentage points year-on-year. In terms of cargo, cargo capacity (measured in available cargo tonne kilometers) rose by 8.9% year-on-year, and cargo/mail turnover (measured in revenue cargo tonne kilometers) increased by 7.0% year-on-year. The cargo load factor was 42.2%, a decrease of 0.7 percentage points year-on-year. In July 2026, the group introduced one C919 aircraft and one B737 series aircraft, while retiring one A320 series aircraft. As of the end of July 2026, the group operated a total of 973 aircraft, including 428 owned aircraft, 259 financed leased aircraft, and 286 operating leased aircraft.