Air China Group: number of air passengers 2010-2024

In 2024, Air China carried more than *** million passengers. The number of air passengers carried by Air China Group steadily increased before the COVID-19 pandemic, peaking at *** million in 2019. Since 2020, however, the passenger number of the Chinese flag carrier along with its major subsidiaries decreased by more than ** percent, to ***** million in 2022.

Transportation of cargo and mail

In 2023, the volume of cargo and mail carried by Air China Group amounted to **** million metric tons, accounting for ***** percent of the total air cargo volume in China. In 2020, China experienced a negative air cargo volume growth rate of **** percent, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As for the Air China Group, the volume of transported cargo showed a negative growth of ** percent in 2020.

Leading passenger airline groups in China

In 2020, the leading airline groups worldwide based on passenger numbers was dominated by three prominent Chinese airlines: China Southern, China Eastern, and Air China. China Southern Airlines was the number one passenger carrier within China and worldwide, carrying ***** million customers in 2020—with nearly ** percent of those passengers traveling within mainland China. China Eastern Airlines carried ***** million passengers in 2020, making it the third-largest airline in the world and the second-largest airline in China. That same year, Air China carried ***** million passengers, ranking fourth among global airlines and third among Chinese airlines.