Air China Limited (00753) September passenger turnover rose 6.3% year-on-year.

Air China Limited (00753) announced that in September 2026, the Group's consolidated passenger capacity investment (measured in available seat kilometers) and passenger turnover (measured in revenue passenger kilometers) both increased year-on-year. Passenger capacity investment rose 3.5% year-on-year, while passenger turnover rose 6.3% year-on-year. Among this, domestic passenger capacity investment decreased 0.4% year-on-year, while passenger turnover rose 2.7% year-on-year; international passenger capacity investment rose 14.2% year-on-year, while passenger turnover rose 16.2% year-on-year; regional passenger capacity investment decreased 11.3% year-on-year, while passenger turnover decreased 4.2% year-on-year. The average passenger load factor was 85.4%, up 2.3 percentage points year-on-year. Among this, the domestic route rose 2.7 percentage points year-on-year, the international route rose 1.4 percentage points year-on-year, and the regional route rose 5.9 percentage points year-on-year. In terms of cargo, cargo capacity investment (measured in available freight tonne kilometers) rose 6.3% year-on-year, while cargo and mail turnover (measured in revenue freight tonne kilometers) rose 10.5% year-on-year. The cargo load factor was 42.5%, up 1.6 percentage points year-on-year. Starting from September 4, 2026, the company opened a new Beijing Capital-Bucharest-Zagreb route (three flights per week). In September 2026, the Group introduced 1 A320 series aircraft and retired 1 B737 series aircraft and 2 A320 series aircraft. As of the end of September 2026, the Group operated a total of 974 aircraft, of which 436 were owned aircraft, 258 were under finance leases, and 280 were under operating leases.