According to the Zhitong Finance App, China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. (01055) announced that in September 2026, the Group's passenger capacity investment (in terms of usable seat kilometers) increased 3.80% year on year, with domestic, regional and international increases of 2.03%, 14.26% and 8.37% year on year respectively; passenger turnover (in terms of passenger kilometers revenue) increased 3.26% year on year, and within China, regions and 8.25% year on year, respectively; the passenger occupancy rate was 85.85%, down 0.45 percentage points year on year. The international year was down 0.58 and 0.09 percentage points, respectively, and the region was up 2.23 percentage points year on year.
In terms of freight, in September 2026, freight capacity investment (in terms of usable tons kilometers - freight and mail traffic) increased 3.13% year on year; cargo and mail turnover (in terms of tons of revenue - freight and mail traffic) increased 5.99% year on year; cargo and mail carrying rate was 54.64%, up 1.47 percentage points year on year.
In September 2026, the Group added the following major routes: Shenzhen - Surabaya - Shenzhen (2 flights per week), Xiamen - London Heathrow - Xiamen (3 flights per week), Nanjing - Singapore - Nanjing (7 flights per week), Nanjing - Hanoi - Nanjing (7 flights per week).
In September 2026, the Group introduced 6 aircraft (including 2 A321NEO aircraft, 3 B737-8 aircraft and 1 C919 aircraft) and withdrew 5 aircraft (including 2 A321 aircraft, 2 B787-8 aircraft, and 1 B737-800 aircraft). As of the end of September 2026, the Group operated a total of 978 transport aircraft.