According to the Zhitong Finance App, China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. (01055) announced that in July 2026, the Group's passenger capacity investment (in terms of usable seat kilometers) increased 4.23% year on year, with domestic and international passenger capacity up 2.34% and 10.30% year on year, and the region decreased 1.45% year on year; passenger turnover (in terms of passenger kilometers revenue) increased 5.25% year on year, with domestic and international increases of 4.40% and 8.18% year on year, respectively. The region decreased 3.22% year on year; passenger occupancy rate was 85.20%, up 0.82 percentage points year on year. Within China, the year-on-year increase was 1.70 percentage points, while regional and international declines were 1.48 and 1.61 percentage points year-on-year, respectively.
In terms of freight, in July 2026, freight capacity investment (in terms of usable tons of kilometers - freight and mail traffic) increased by 3.06% year on year; cargo and mail turnover (in terms of tons of revenue - freight and mail traffic) increased by 0.84% year on year; cargo and mail carrying rate was 49.79%, down 1.09 percentage points year on year.
In July 2026, the Group added the following major routes: Fuzhou-Manila-Fuzhou (four flights per week).
In July 2026, the Group introduced 8 aircraft (including 2 A320NEO aircraft, 3 A321NEO aircraft, 2 B737-8 aircraft and 1 C919 aircraft) and withdrew 7 aircraft (including 1 A319 aircraft, 2 B787-8 aircraft, 2 B737-700 aircraft and 2 B737-800 aircraft). As of the end of July 2026, the Group operated a total of 974 transport aircraft.