TFWA Monitor

2025
China

Our first TFWA Monitor report of 2025 by travel analyst ForwardKeys, reports on global passenger traffic in 2024 and provides a forecast for Q2 2025. The report also includes a special spotlight on Chinese travel.

The report provides an overview of total departures from worldwide airports for FY 2024 and Q2 (forecast) with a comparison to 2019 and 2023 figures respectively. It also looks at passenger traffic volume by nationality, for both domestic and international travel. 

The spotlight on Chinese travel covers the following topics:

  • International departures from Chinese travellers by departure region
  • Top 10 departure countries for Chinese passengers outside of China
  • Top 10 departure airports for Chinese passengers outside of China
  • China: Total domestic travel to Hainan
  • China long-haul capacity development in Q2 2025 (vs 2019)

We hope all members enjoy reading the report and find the information and forecasts useful. 

Like all reports in the TFWA Research Catalogue, the study is available free of charge to members and can be downloaded using your login details.