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Air China grows passenger numbers above 13 million in December
January 20th 2026
Air China flew 13 million passengers on its domestic, international and regional networks in December, up by 8.7% from the 12 million travellers it carried in the same month in 2024. Read More » In the reported 31 days, domestic passenger numbers flown were higher by 9%, at 11 million and international passengers advanced 8.2%, to 1.6. The Star Alliance member’s regional network posted the slowest growth, at 4.1%, to 426,500 passengers. Capacity expanded 4% compared with 12 months ago and passenger load factor rose 4.5 percentage points to 82.2%. Air China’s fleet stood at 964 aircraft on the last day of 2025, an increase of eight from the end of November.
