Civil aviation summer transport ends in 2025, with a new high in passenger transport volume
During the 2025 civil aviation summer transportation cycle (July 1st to August 31st), the national civil aviation transportation market has delivered impressive results: a total of 147 million passengers were transported during this period, equivalent to an average daily transportation volume of 2.37 million, an increase of 3.6% compared to the same period last year; In terms of flight support, a total of 1.199 million flights were executed, with an average daily flight volume of 19300, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. In terms of transportation efficiency and operational quality, the average passenger load factor of civil aviation during summer transportation increased to 84.8%, an increase of 2.2 percentage points compared to the previous year; The normal flight rate has also significantly improved, reaching 84%, a year-on-year increase of 6.7 percentage points. Among them, on August 15th, the passenger transport volume reached a new high, breaking the historical peak with 2.5653 million passengers.
Against the backdrop of overall positive data, the growth trend of the domestic air transportation market is also robust. During the summer season, domestic air routes transported a total of 131 million passengers, with an average daily transportation of 2.11 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%; The number of domestic passenger flights guaranteed reached 906000, with an average of 14600 flights per day, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%, providing solid support for overall transportation data.
From the operation of the airline network, domestic civil aviation passenger flow is mainly concentrated in the backbone channels between the four major city clusters of Beijing Tianjin Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong Hong Kong Macao, and Chengdu Chongqing. Among them, domestic air express lines connecting international aviation hubs such as Beijing Shanghai, Beijing Chengdu, Shanghai Shenzhen, Shanghai Guangzhou, and Beijing Shenzhen contribute about 7.2% of the total number of passengers on domestic routes; The passenger throughput of regional hub airports such as Kunming, Urumqi, and Xiamen has also maintained a good growth momentum, with growth rates exceeding 3%.
In addition to the stable driving force of backbone routes, the strong demand in the summer tourism market has also driven a significant expansion of passenger volume at regional airports in the basic route network. Yunnan Pu'er Simao Airport, Hubei Shiyan Wudangshan Airport, Henan Anyang Hongqiqu Airport, Qinghai Haibei Qilian Airport and other regional airports have all seen a year-on-year increase in passenger throughput; The passenger throughput of Xinjiang Hami Yizhou Airport, Xinjiang Shihezi Garden Airport, Shanxi Xinzhou Mount Wutai Airport and Guangdong Meizhou Meixian Airport also increased by more than 50% year on year, becoming an important growth highlight of the summer aviation market.