Air China

Traffic for the leading Chinese carriers during Q1 2024 reveal record-high performances, with positive year-on-year increases, as well as growth against Q1 2019.

Air China plans to open its first route to Saudi Arabia in May, while China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines are launching new European flights.

With domestic traffic already surpassing pre-pandemic levels, the results are a clear indication of the carriers' glacial recovery of international capacity.

Backed by renewed travel sentiments and open borders, HSBC analysts are optimistic that Chinese carriers are on track for a “record profit” in 2024.

Air China says it will be raising funds and some of the proceeds will go toward buying 17 domestically developed Comac C919 and ARJ21 regional airliners.

Air China is to become the third airline to offer flights between Beijing and Istanbul.

While MRO joint ventures in China are still forming, the environment for such ventures is becoming less favorable.

The news of the capacity boost comes on the heels of China’s “Big Three” carriers all reporting their first quarterly profits since the pandemic started.

China’s decades as aviation’s fastest growth country is over for now, and it will take years for aircraft deliveries to return to previous levels.

New MRO joint ventures feature in this month’s news briefs.

This comes as the CAAC reported a 7.4% increase in passenger volume during the summer travel season against 2019 levels.

The facility will be 80,000 m² in size and will enter production starting in 2026.

International passenger carriage figures for Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines are still down compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Economic and geopolitical travails are weighing on China’s international passenger flight recovery.

China’s decision to relax outbound tour group restrictions on 78 countries has prompted speculation the country's international air travel recovery has arrived.

All the important data related to the airline in recent years.

Air China has completed the country’s first uptake of sustainable aviation fuel in a commercial flight with an Airbus A350-900 flying from Hangzhou to Beijing.

Sydney Airport (SYD) says seven Chinese airlines will operate 48 weekly services to the airport from mainland China in July, as the Chinese economy recovers.

Air China narrowed its first-quarter net loss to CNY3.2 billion ($462 million) from CNY9.8 billion a year prior.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

The British engine manufacturer also saw revenue growth in its civil aviation services business.

Flag-carrier Air China forecast the biggest projected loss.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

China was the world’s only major air transport market that saw negative growth in 2022.