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

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