Table of Contents
Data Sources
Overview
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- Spending on travel and tourism
- Mainland China
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- Figure 1: Outlook for spending* on travel & tourism in Mainland China, 2017 & 2018-28
- Hong Kong
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- Figure 2: Outlook for spending* on travel & tourism in Hong Kong, 2017 & 2018-28
- Macau
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- Figure 3: Outlook for spending* on travel & tourism in Macau, 2017 & 2018-28
- Greater China
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- Figure 4: Outlook for spending* on travel & tourism in Greater China, 2017 & 2018-28
- Tourist arrivals
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- Figure 5: Tourist arrivals* in Greater China (incoming & domestic), 2010-21
- Foreign vs. domestic
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- Figure 6: Breakdown of domestic & incoming tourist arrivals in the Greater China*, 2011-16
- Air passenger volumes
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- Figure 7: Air passengers in Greater China*, 2007-20
- Foreign vs. domestic
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- Figure 8: Breakdown of domestic & incoming air passengers in Greater China*, 2007-15
- Market shares of airlines
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- Figure 9: Market share of passengers of major Chinese airlines, 2014-15*
- Top four control 80% of domestic market
Recent Market Performance
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- Tonne-kilometres
- Revenue passenger kilometres
In-flight Experience
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- Passengers allowed to use phones in flight mode
Regulatory Trends
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- China easing ‘one route, one airline’ policy
- Chinese carriers advantaged
- Airlines subsidised
- China partially deregulates airfares
- Airlines raise Beijing-Shanghai economy-class fare by 10%
- Route must be served by minimum of five carriers
Distribution Channels
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- Chinese carriers stop seat selection via intermediaries
Major Legacy Carriers
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- Air China
- Overview
- AMECO
- Services at Beijing Airport
- Airline subsidiaries
- Air China Cargo
- Air China Inner Mongolia
- Air Macau
- Beijing Airlines
- Dalian Airlines
- Shenzhen Airlines
- Current developments
- Premium ticket revenue and distribution
- Hub development
- Fleet
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- Figure 10: Air China’s fleet at 31 December 2017
- Future fleet development
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- Figure 11: Air China’s projected new & retired passenger aircraft, 2018-20
- China Eastern
- Airline subsidiaries
- Shanghai Airlines
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- Figure 12: Shanghai Airlines’ fleet, August 2018
- China United Airlines
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- Figure 13: China United Airlines fleet as of September 2017
- Current developments
- Frequent-flyer programme
- Distribution trends
- A joint venture with Japan Airlines
- Fleet
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- Figure 14: China Eastern’s fleet at 31 December 2017
- Future fleet development
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- Figure 15: China Eastern’s future aircraft deliveries & disposals, 2018-20
- China Southern
- Airline subsidiaries
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- Figure 16: Details of China Southern’s subsidiaries, 2017
- Chongqing Airlines
- Guizhou Airlines
- Henan Airlines
- Shantou Airlines
- Xiamen Airlines
- Zhuhai Airlines
- Route network
- Current developments
- Traffic and hub trends
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- Figure 17: The trend in China Southern’s annual passenger numbers, 2008-17
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- Figure 18: Capacity trends at China Southern’s leading hubs, 2018 vs 2017
- Figure 19: China Southern’s top-15 international markets (Q1 2017 versus Q1 2018)
- Streamlining ticket changes and refunds
- Fleet
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- Figure 20: China Southern’s fleet as of 31 December 2017
- Future fleet development
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- Figure 21: Future deliveries and disposals in China Southern’s fleet, 2017-20
- Cathay Pacific
- Current developments
- Fleet
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- Figure 22: Cathay Pacific/Cathay Dragon fleet at 31 December 2017 & 31 December 2016
- Future fleet development
Regional Airlines
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- HNA
- HNA Aviation
- Air Chang’an
- Beijing Capital Airlines
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- Figure 23: Beijing Capital Airlines fleet in August 2018
- Grand China Air
- GX Airlines (Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines)
- Hainan Airlines
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- Figure 24: Hainan Airlines’ fleet, August 2018
- HK Express
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- Figure 25: HK Express’ fleet, January 2018
- Hong Kong Airlines
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- Figure 26: Hong Kong Airlines’ fleet, September 2018
- Lucky Air (Xiangpeng Aviation)
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- Figure 27: Lucky Air’s fleet as of December 2017
- Suparna Airlines
- Tianjin Airlines
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- Figure 28: Tianjin Airlines’ fleet as of August 2018
- Urumqi Air
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- Figure 29: Urumqi Air’s fleet, May 2018
- West Air
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- Figure 30: West Air’s fleet as of 31 December 2017
- Foreign airline interests
- Spring Airlines
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- Figure 31: Spring Airlines’ fleet as of August 2018
What Next?
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- Outbound travel will boost Chinese carriers
- China to be world’s biggest air-travel market by 2022
- Deregulation to boost earnings of ‘big three’
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- Figure 32: Top 10 domestic routes where fares have been deregulated, 2018
- Increasing competition with HSR
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