Air China Launches 2026 Winter-Spring Flight Schedule With Daily Passenger Flights Up 11% Year on Year

According to information released by China National Aviation Holding Company Limited on October 29, 2026, Air China has implemented its 2026 winter-spring flight schedule starting from October 25.

Under the new schedule, Air China plans to operate 457 routes covering 202 cities across 51 countries and regions. It will run 1,782 daily passenger flights, marking an 11% year-on-year increase, while available seat kilometers rise by 16% year on year.

More than 120 international and regional routes will be operated with 265 daily flights. New routes including Beijing-Copenhagen-Reykjavik, Beijing-Bali and Chengdu-Hanoi are launched. Over 20 international routes from Beijing to Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Bangkok and other destinations see increased frequencies, connecting more than 60 cities on six continents.

Domestic services include 1,517 daily flights. Six new routes such as Chongqing-Jieyang Chaoshan and Chengdu Tianfu-Altay are opened, and over 50 existing domestic routes receive enhanced frequencies on a month-on-month basis. The Air China Express network expands to 15 routes to cater to business travel, ice-snow tourism and warm-weather getaway demand.

The operational network for domestically built civil aircraft continues to expand. The C919 serves the Beijing Capital-Nanjing route, while the C909 opens new feeder flights including Hohhot-Alxa Left Banner-Chengdu Tianfu and Chengdu Tianfu-Jinggangshan to improve air connectivity in border areas and old revolutionary base areas.

Air China also optimizes resource allocation and transfer connections at its two major hubs in Beijing and Chengdu. It scales up capacity to improve air routes and support domestic and international economic, trade, cultural and tourism exchanges.