China's big three state airlines lag behind profitable private peers

Earnings previews show trio losing $1bn despite double-digit passenger growth

20240712 Juneyao Airlines and Air China

Juneyao Airlines, top, and Air China are on different earnings trajectories. (Source photos by Getty Images and Reuters)

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- China's three major state-owned airlines continue to lag far behind their private peers in financial performance, earnings previews show, even as mainland passengers and cargo transport record double-digit growth.

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