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China Southern Airlines reports 8.4% decline in passengers for May
June 17th 2026
China Southern Airlines (CSA) flew 13 million passengers on its domestic, international and regional flights in May, down from 14.2 million in the same month a year ago. Read More » The decline was due to the number of domestic passengers slumping 10.4% to 11.1 million in the month. Helping offset those declines were the 5.6% increase in international passengers to 1.8 million and 1.4% rise in regional travellers to 157,220. Passenger load factor was down 1.2 percentage points to 84.7% as capacity contracted 2.9% year-on-year and demand, or revenue passenger kilometres, dropped 4.2%. At the end of May, CSA had 969 aircraft, up from 966 at April 30. During May, CSA added two 737 MAX 8s, two 321neos and one A320neo, and withdrew a 737-700 and a 787-8 from the fleet.
