About this example: Six Airlines
Explore professional aviation analysis and visualizations across international markets, summer airport operations, airlines, and dual-airport cities.
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Period and coverage
Jan–Aug 2026 · 243 days · CA · MU · CZ · HU · 9C · HO / Airline-code scope
Data through: . Snapshot retrieved: .
- Six-airline operated volume
- 195.53 ×10,000 flights
- Top-three share of sample
- 79.2 %
- Highest daily-average growth · Aug vs Jan
- +15.8 %
- Complete observation window
- 243 days
Key observations from the sample
China Southern leads sample volume; Air China has the highest August-versus-January daily-average growth.
The six airlines operated 1,955,300 flights. China Southern represented 29.5%; the three largest airlines represented 79.2%.
Air China's August daily average was 15.8% higher than January. This reflects deployment over the period and is not seasonally adjusted.
Hainan Airlines had the lowest cancellation share, at 12.0%. Observe schedule completion separately from volume.
Southern, Eastern, and Air China account for 79.2% of sample flights. Most rebounded in summer after a mid-period dip; Spring was steadier in April–June. Leading percentage growth does not mean adding the most flights.
Methodology and limitations
Airline codes are counted separately, without consolidating subsidiaries. The period is Jan 1–Aug 31, 2026, using actual calendar days. Growth statements name their baseline and distinguish year-over-year from within-period change.
- The sample is a case-study selection and does not represent every airline.
- Do not equate flight shares with passenger, seat, or revenue shares.
- Comparison covers all 243 days of Jan–Aug 2026. Seasonality is not removed; do not infer year-over-year growth or operating capability.
- Charts use shortName for airport/airline short names; entity retains the full name. All numerical values are unchanged.
Metric definitions and formulas
Airline sample
Passenger flights of CA/MU/CZ/HU/9C/HO, combining the API's in/out categories. This is not consolidated airline-group scope and cannot establish national market shares.
Share of sample flights
An airline's operated flights / total operated flights of the six-airline sample.
act / sampleTotalActMonthly daily-average index
Monthly operated volume / days in month / the same airline's January daily average × 100. August-versus-January change is neither year-over-year nor seasonally adjusted growth.
monthlyDailyAverage / januaryDailyAverage * 100Schedule execution and cancellations
Sum numerators and denominators before calculating period ratios: executionRate=act/plan, cancelRate=cancel/plan. These are not punctuality rates.
sum(cancel) / sum(plan)Source: VariFlight Flight Data. View the underlying historical data (JSON)
Explore the research reports
- International flight market — China’s flight supply, annual changes, and market structure with six countries, 2019–2025.
- Summer airport operations — Flight volume, patterns, and execution at ten airports, July–August 2026.
- Airline capacity — Flight supply, execution, and structural changes for six airlines, January–August 2026.
- Dual-airport cities — Roles and operations of airport pairs in Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu, January–August 2026.
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