Chinese Airlines Development Report

January 2017 VariFlight

01Actual Arrival Flights

the total actual arrival flights of domestic airlines amounted to 351.4 thousand, representing a month-on-month growth of 5.0%;

02International flights & proportion

international flights amounted to 38.7 thousand, which accounted for 11.0% of total actual arrival flights

03Nonstop routes

there were 5309 nonstop routes: 4067 domestic routes and 1242 international routes;

04Domestic flights’ capacity

domestic airlines provided 48.665 million seats on domestic flights, representing a month-on-month growth of 6.0%.。

Source: VariFlight

Duration: January 1, 2017-January 31, 2017

Domestic airlines: China mainland’s airlines which have actural arrival flights in January 2017.

Passenger flights: only scheduled passenger flights are included in this report; cargo flights, business aviation flights and general aviation flights are not included.Airline categories: VariFlight classifies domestic airlines according to their annual actural arrival flights in 2016. Airlines with over 200(inclusive) average daily flights are major domestic airlines, and airlines with under 200 average daily flights are other domestic airlines.

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Actual Arrival FlightsActual arrival flights: the flights with actual departure and arrival time that could be monitored

by VariFlight; cancelled flights are not included.

Total actual arrival flights

Total actual arrival flights

• In January 2017, the actual arrival flights of domestic airlines amounted to 351.4 thousand.

• The actual arrival flights of major airlines totaled 298.9 thousand.

• The actual arrival flights of other airlines totaled 52.5 thousand.

Month-on-month movement

Compared with December 2016, the total actual arrival flights of domestic

airlines in January 2017 showed a month-on-month increase of 5.0%.

Year-on-year movement

Compared with January 2016, the total actual arrival flights

of domestic airlines in January 2017 showed a year-on-year

increase of 12.3%.

Major airlines’ actual arrival flights

TOP3 in actual arrival flightts

• China Southern Airlines: CZ, actural arrival flights totaled 60.4 thousand

• China Eastern Airlines: MU, actural arrival flights totaled 58.3 thousand

• Air China: CA, actural arrival flights totaled 37.4 thousand

Month-on-month movement

• The airline with the largest month-on-month increase on actural

arrival flights in January 2017 compared with December 2016 is

Sichuan Airlines (3U, a month-on-month increase of 15.6%).

• Compared with December 2016, all airlines showed an increase on

actural arrival flights except China Express (G5, a month-on-month

decrease of 22.3%).

Other airlines’ actual arrival flights

TOP3 in actual arrival flights

• Lucky Air:8L, actural arrival flights totaled 6434

• China United Airlines: KN, actural arrival flights totaled 4364

• West Air: PN, actural arrival flights totaled 4270

Month-on-month movement

• The airline with the largest month-on-month increase on

actural arrival flights in January 2017 compared with

December 2016 is Air Guilin (GT, with a month-on-month

increase of 45.0%).

• Compared with December 2016, all airlines showed an

increase on actural arrival flights except Hebei Airlines (NS),

Hongtu Airlines (A6) and Chengdu Airlines (EU).

International flights & proportionInternational flights: the actural arrival international flights of domestic airlines,including flights between domestic areas and

international/regional areas, and flights between international/regional reas and international/regional areas.

Proportion of international flights: International flights÷actural arrival flights

New routes: domestic airlines’ nonstop routes which appeared in the current month but d

International flights & Proportion

International flights

• In January, the international flights carried out by domestic airlines

amounted to 38.7 thousand, representing a month-on-month increase of

6.8%.

• In January, the domestic flights carried out by domestic airlines amounted

to 312.7 thousand, representing a month-on-month increase of 4.8%.

• The month-on-month increase of international flights is greater than the

domestic airlines’.

Proportion of international flights

• In January, international flights carried out by domestic airlines accounted for 11.0% of

total actural arrival flights.

• Compared with December 2016, the proportion of international flights carried out by

domestic airlines in January 2017 showed a month-on-month increase of 0.2%.

• Compared with January 2016, the proportion of international flights carried out by

domestic airlines in January 2017 showed a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%.

Each airline’s international flights & proportion of international flights

TOP3 in international flights

• China Eastern Airlines: MU, 9484 international flights

• China Southern Airlines: CZ, 8584 international flights

• Air China: CA, 6806 international flights

TOP3 in proportion of international flights

• Spring Airlines: 9C, 28.2%• Air China: CA, 18.2%• China Eastern Airlines: MU, 16.3%

TOP3 in month-on-month increase of proportion of international flights

• Juneyao Air: HO, a month-on-month increase of 1.8%• Air Guilin: GT, a month-on-month increase of 1.6%• Okay Airways: BK, a month-on-month increase of 0.6%

Note: Month-on-month increase represents a percentage movement of the proportion of international flights compared with last month.

Nonstop routesNew routes: domestic airlines’ nonstop routes which appeared in the current month but didn’t appear in last month

Closed routes: domestic airlines’ nonstop routes which appeared in last month but didn’t appear in the current month

Net increase in the number of routes: the number of new routes – the number of closed routes

Domestic routes: routes between domestic areas.

International routes: routes between domestic areas and international/regional areas, and between

international/regional areas and international/regional areas.

Total amount of nonstop routes

• In January 2017, there are 5309 nonstop routes of domestic airlines. Domestic routes

totaled 4067 and international routes totaled 1242.

• Compared with December 2016, nonstop routes had a net increase of 231 in January

2017. 280 new routes were launched while 49 routes were closed.

• Compared with December 2016, domestic routes had a net increase of 189 in January

2017. 214 new routes were launched while 25 routes were closed.

• Compared with December 2016, international routes had a net increase of 42 in

January 2017. 66 new routes were launched while 24 routes were closed.

Major airlines’ nonstop routes

TOP3 in domestic routes

• China Eastern Airlines: MU，965 routes

• China Southern Airlines: CZ, 959 routes

• Air China: CA, 575 routes

TOP3 in international routes

• China Eastern Airlines: MU，339 routes• China Southern Airlines: CZ, 317 routes• Air China: CA, 226 routes

TOP3 in new routes

• China Eastern Airlines: MU, 72 new routes, 60

domestic routes, 12 international routes

• Hainan Airlines: HU, 66 new routes, 53 domestic

routes, 13 international routes

• China Southern Airlines: CZ, 56 new routes, 42

domestic routes, 14 international routes

Other airlines’ nonstop routes

TOP3 in domestic routes

• Lucky Air: 8L, 205 routes• China United Airlines: KN, 146 routes• Loong Air: GJ, 144 routes

TOP3 in international routes

• Okay Airways: BK, 30 routes• Lucky Air: 8L, 28 routes• Fuzhou Airlines: FU, 4 routes

TOP3 in new routes

• Okay Airways: BK, 24 new routes, 20 domestic routes, 4 international routes

• Air Guilin: GT, 19 new routes, 18 domestic routes, 1 international routes

• Tibet Airlines: TV, 18 new domestic routes

Domestic flights’ capacityCapacity of domestic flights: the number of seats provided by domestic airlines in actural flights

between domestic areas.

Popular domestic routes: the routes with the biggest domestic airlines’ actural arrival flights

between domestic areas

Capacity of each airline’s domestic flights

TOP3 in domestic flights’ capacity Month-on-month movement in capacity

Major airlines:

• China Southern Airlines: CZ, 7.977 million

• China Eastern Airlines: MU, 7.339 million

• Air China: CA, 5.279 million

• Sichuan Airlines: 3U, with the largest

month-on-month increase of 17.3%

• China Express: G5, with the largest

month-on-month decrease of -25.7%

TOP3 in domestic flights’ capacityMonth-on-month movement in capacity

Other airlines:

• Lucky Air: 8L, 0.974 million

• West Air: PN, 0.73 million

• China United Airlines: KN, 0.712 million

• Jiangxi Air: RY, with the largest month-

on-month increase of 39.6%

• Hebei Airlines: NS, with the largest

month-on-month decrease of -7.4%

2017年1月，国内航司在国内客运航班上共提供4866.5万座位，与2016年12月相比，环比增加6.0%。

Popular domestic routes’ capacity

PEK-SHA

Beijing Capital – Shanghai Hongqiao

• In January, domestic airlines’ total capacity on this route is 0.28 million.

• There are 7 domestic airlines performing this route.

• China Eastern Airlines, Air China and Hainan Airlines ranked top 3 in

providing capacity on this route, which accounted for 48.0%, 29.5% and

9.6% of total capacity privided by domestic airlines.

SHA-PEK

• In January, domestic airlines’ total capacity on this route is 0.277 million.

• There are 7 domestic airlines performing this route.

• China Eastern Airlines, Air China and Hainan Airlines ranked top 3 in

providing capacity on this route, which accounted for 47.8%, 29.8% and

9.6% of total capacity privided by domestic airlines.

Shanghai Hongqiao –Beijing Capital

Popular domestic routes’ capacity

JHG-KMG

Xishuangbanna - Kunming Changshui

• In January, domestic airlines’ total capacity on this route is 0.139 million.

• There are 11 domestic airlines performing this route.

• China Eastern Airlines, Lucky Air and Kunming Airlines ranked top 3 in

providing capacity on this route, which accounted for 35.6%, 24.5% and

9.5% of total capacity privided by domestic airlines.

CTU-PEK

Chengdu Shuangliu - Beijing Capital

• In January, domestic airlines’ total capacity on this route is 0.229 million.

• There are 6 domestic airlines performing this route.

• Air China, Sichuan Airlines and China Southern Airlines ranked top 3 in

providing capacity on this route, which accounted for 46.3%, 23.5% and

18.6% of total capacity privided by domestic airlines.

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