Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic market, showing its historical development over the past 30 years, the key operators during this period.
In the first of three special The HUB Daily publications for Routes Asia we highlight the Chinese domestic market and chart its staggering growth during the period with the number of annual flights growing from 69,810 to a massive 2.39 million last year and seat capacity showing amazing development from 5.56 million in 1982 to 366.87 million in 2011. There has been year-on-year capacity growth in each of the 30 years, with more than two thirds of them seeing double-digit rises. Only on two occasions during the period - 1984 and 1992 - has the number of flights actually reduced from the previous year.
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SCHEDULED AIR SERVICES IN CHINA INCLUDING HONG KONG AND MACAU (non-stop departures) |
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Year |
Departures |
% Change |
Available Seats |
% Change |
Leading Operating Airlines (Marketshare) |
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1982 |
69,810 |
- |
5,560,925 |
- |
AIR CHINA (99.3 %) |
CATHAY PACIFIC (0.7%) |
- |
|
1983 |
80,755 |
15.7 % |
6,538,208 |
17.6 % |
AIR CHINA (99.1 %) |
CATHAY PACIFIC (0.9%) |
- |
|
1984 |
79,512 |
(-1.5) % |
6,724,555 |
2.9 % |
AIR CHINA (98.6 %) |
CATHAY PACIFIC (0.9%) |
BRITISH AIRWAYS (0.5 %) |
|
1985 |
82,548 |
3.8 % |
8,106,769 |
20.6 % |
AIR CHINA (98.5 %) |
CATHAY PACIFIC (1.1%) |
BRITISH AIRWAYS (0.4 %) |
|
1986 |
95,723 |
16.0 % |
10,091,196 |
24.5 % |
AIR CHINA (98.1 %) |
CATHAY PACIFIC (1.6%) |
BRITISH AIRWAYS (0.3 %) |
|
1987 |
109,113 |
14.0 % |
11,475,646 |
13.7 % |
AIR CHINA (98.1 %) |
CATHAY PACIFIC (1.6%) |
BRITISH AIRWAYS (0.3 %) |
|
1988 |
128,560 |
17.8 % |
14,788,624 |
28.9 % |
AIR CHINA (96.6 %) |
CATHAY PACIFIC (1.7%) |
DRAGONAIR (1.5 %) |
|
1989 |
145,254 |
13.0 % |
16,638,632 |
12.5 % |
AIR CHINA (96.3 %) |
DRAGONAIR (2.3 %) |
CATHAY PACIFIC (1.5 %) |
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1990 |
150,371 |
3.5 % |
19,069,639 |
14.6% |
AIR CHINA (54.5 %) |
CHINA SOUTHERN (18.5%) |
CHINA EASTERN (11.3 %) |
|
1991 |
186,578 |
24.1 % |
22,898,515 |
20.1% |
AIR CHINA (38.2 %) |
CHINA SOUTHERN (21.9%) |
CHINA EASTERN (20.4 %) |
|
1992 |
175,464 |
(-6.0) % |
24,377,108 |
6.5 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (26.4%) |
CHINA EASTERN (23.2 %) |
AIR CHINA (18.4 %) |
|
1993 |
252,657 |
44.0 % |
39,077,189 |
60.3 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (25.2%) |
CHINA EASTERN (15.7 %) |
AIR CHINA (13.2 %) |
|
1994 |
330,136 |
30.7 % |
50,338,444 |
28.8 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (23.5%) |
CHINA EASTERN (14.4 %) |
AIR CHINA (12.7 %) |
|
1995 |
415,685 |
25.9 % |
61,129,400 |
21.4 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (21.4%) |
CHINA EASTERN (13.6 %) |
AIR CHINA (11.8 %) |
|
1996 |
453,144 |
9.0 % |
68,176,249 |
11.5 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (24.1%) |
CHINA EASTERN (12.2 %) |
AIR CHINA (11.6 %) |
|
1997 |
490,587 |
8.3 % |
76,170,980 |
11.7 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (22.4%) |
CHINA EASTERN (12.3 %) |
CHINA SOUTHWEST (11.9 %) |
|
1998 |
515,461 |
5.1 % |
81,757,916 |
7.3 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (20.3%) |
CHINA EASTERN (13.6 %) |
CHINA SOUTHWEST (11.5 %) |
|
1999 |
573,447 |
11.2 % |
90,051,106 |
10.1 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (20.3%) |
CHINA EASTERN (12.2 %) |
AIR CHINA (10.1 %) |
|
2000 |
643,802 |
12.3 % |
100,887,291 |
12.0 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (19.9%) |
CHINA SOUTHWEST (10.3 %) |
AIR CHINA (9.2 %) |
|
2001 |
706,640 |
9.8 % |
111,315,181 |
10.3 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (20.3%) |
CHINA EASTERN (10.1 %) |
CHINA SOUTHWEST (10.0 %) |
|
2002 |
807,562 |
14.3 % |
124,810,700 |
12.1 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (19.5%) |
AIR CHINA (10.5 %) |
CHINA SOUTHWEST (10.3 %) |
|
2003 |
879,259 |
8.9 % |
137,508,381 |
10.2 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (27.3%) |
AIR CHINA (19.6 %) |
CHINA EASTERN (19.3 %) |
|
2004 |
1,100,054 |
25.1 % |
168,216,379 |
22.3 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (28.4%) |
CHINA EASTERN (20.7 %) |
AIR CHINA (17.6 %) |
|
2005 |
1,287,695 |
17.1 % |
192,954,514 |
14.7 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (27.4%) |
CHINA EASTERN (20.8 %) |
AIR CHINA (16.7 %) |
|
2006 |
1,464,837 |
13.8 % |
218,921,625 |
13.5 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (26.1%) |
CHINA EASTERN (20.1 %) |
AIR CHINA (16.4 %) |
|
2007 |
1,678,323 |
14.6 % |
250,360,461 |
14.4 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (25.4%) |
CHINA EASTERN (19.9 %) |
AIR CHINA (15.3 %) |
|
2008 |
1,754,433 |
4.5 % |
263,692,667 |
5.3 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (24.8%) |
CHINA EASTERN (19.2 %) |
AIR CHINA (15.3 %) |
|
2009 |
2,054,211 |
17.1 % |
313,214,270 |
18.8 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (23.1%) |
CHINA EASTERN (19.0 %) |
AIR CHINA (14.9 %) |
|
2010 |
2,233,886 |
8.7 % |
341,178,975 |
8.9 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (22.9%) |
CHINA EASTERN (18.2 %) |
AIR CHINA (14.8 %) |
|
2011 |
2,392,923 |
7.1 % |
366,872,020 |
7.5 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (21.4%) |
CHINA EASTERN (17.5 %) |
AIR CHINA (13.9 %) |
|
2012 |
2,409,091 |
0.7 % |
374,728,353 |
2.1 % |
CHINA SOUTHERN (21.0%) |
CHINA EASTERN (17.7 %) |
AIR CHINA (14.1 %) |
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