Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
September 14 2017 - 12:43PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
For the month of September 2017
Commission File Number: 001-14550
China
Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
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(Translation of Registrant’s name
into English)
Board Secretariat’s Office
Kong Gang San Lu, Number 88
Shanghai, China 200335
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
x
Form 20-F
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Form
40-F
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing
the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
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Yes
x
No
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number
assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
n/a
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
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(Registrant)
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Date
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September 14, 2017
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By
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/s/
Wang Jian
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Name: Wang Jian
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Title: Company Secretary
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“Certain statements contained
in this announcement may be regarded as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which
may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from
any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information
regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this announcement represent the Company’s views as of the
date of this announcement. While the Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s
views to change, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, unless required
by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of
any date subsequent to the date of this announcement.”
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation
as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance
upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
INSIDE
INFORMATION
OVERSEAS
REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT
ON OPERATING DATA FOR AUGUST 2017
This overseas regulatory announcement
is made pursuant to Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong
Kong Limited (“
Listing Rules
”) and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under
Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
The Company and all members of the board
of directors confirm that the information contained in this announcement is true, accurate and complete, and no misrepresentations,
misleading statements or material omissions are contained herein.
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Estimated
amount for
August
2017
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Actual
amount
completed in
August
2016
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Year-on-year
increase
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Total
estimated
amount for
January to
August 2017
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Total actual
amount
completed in
January
to
August 2016
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Year-on-year
increase
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Passenger Transportation Data
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ASK (available seat
– kilometres) (millions)
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20,470.64
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18,849.45
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8.6
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%
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149,041.29
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136,204.81
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9.4
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%
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– Domestic routes
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12,722.34
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11,864.77
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7.2
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%
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92,783.67
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85,443.99
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8.6
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%
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– International routes
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7,248.86
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6,513.71
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11.3
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%
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52,336.02
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46,958.51
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11.5
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%
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– Regional routes
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499.44
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470.97
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6.0
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%
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3,921.59
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3,802.31
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3.1
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%
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RPK (revenue passenger
– kilometres) (millions)
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17,035.52
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16,091.10
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5.9
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%
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121,562.94
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111,328.78
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9.2
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%
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– Domestic routes
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10,731.38
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10,212.81
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5.1
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%
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77,251.95
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70,298.68
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9.9
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%
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– International routes
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5,882.72
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5,506.25
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6.8
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%
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41,167.65
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38,075.43
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8.1
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%
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– Regional routes
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421.42
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372.04
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13.3
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%
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3,143.34
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2,954.66
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6.4
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%
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Estimated
amount for
August
2017
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Actual
amount
completed in
August
2016
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Year-on-year
increase
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Total
estimated
amount for
January to
August 2017
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Total actual
amount
completed in
January
to
August 2016
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Year-on-year
increase
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Number of passengers carried
(thousands)
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10,198.00
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9,715.43
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5.0
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%
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73,291.34
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67,653.64
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8.3
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%
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– Domestic routes
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8,479.70
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8,053.90
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5.3
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%
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61,106.55
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55,700.78
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9.7
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%
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– International routes
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1,408.03
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1,387.45
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1.5
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%
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9,861.05
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9,765.19
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1.0
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%
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– Regional routes
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310.27
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274.08
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13.2
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%
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2,323.74
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2,187.68
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6.2
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%
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Passenger load factor (%)
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83.22
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85.37
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–2.15
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pts
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81.56
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81.74
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–0.17
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pts
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– Domestic routes
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84.35
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86.08
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–1.73
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pts
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83.26
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82.27
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0.99
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pts
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– International routes
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81.15
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84.53
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–3.38
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pts
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78.66
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81.08
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–2.42
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pts
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– Regional routes
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84.38
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78.99
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5.38
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pts
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80.15
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77.71
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2.45
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pts
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Freight Transportation Data
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AFTK (available freight tonne
– kilometres) (millions)
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580.31
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537.03
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8.1
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%
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4,733.50
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4,398.07
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7.6
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%
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– Domestic routes
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176.91
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176.33
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0.3
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%
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1,502.53
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1,427.44
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5.3
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%
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– International routes
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389.83
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351.26
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11.0
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%
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3,103.96
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2,869.90
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8.2
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%
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– Regional routes
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13.57
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9.44
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43.7
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%
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127.01
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100.72
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26.1
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%
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RFTK (revenue freight tonne
– kilometres) (millions)
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196.69
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185.59
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6.0
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%
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1,755.45
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1,638.15
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7.2
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%
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– Domestic routes
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71.79
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74.49
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–3.6
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%
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564.92
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576.07
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–1.9
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%
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– International routes
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121.66
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108.75
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11.9
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%
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1,159.98
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1,035.25
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12.0
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%
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– Regional routes
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3.24
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2.35
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37.4
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%
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30.56
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26.83
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13.9
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%
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Weight of freight carried (million
kg)
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71.20
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70.77
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0.6
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%
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599.90
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592.56
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1.2
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%
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– Domestic routes
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50.89
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52.59
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–3.2
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%
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406.57
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414.63
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–1.9
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%
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– International routes
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17.59
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16.18
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8.7
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%
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167.74
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155.30
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8.0
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%
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– Regional routes
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2.71
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2.00
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35.5
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%
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25.59
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22.63
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13.1
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%
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Freight load factor (%)
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33.89
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34.56
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–0.67
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pts
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37.09
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37.25
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–0.16
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pts
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– Domestic routes
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40.58
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42.24
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–1.67
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pts
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37.60
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40.36
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–2.76
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pts
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– International routes
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31.21
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30.96
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0.25
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pts
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37.37
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36.07
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1.30
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pts
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– Regional routes
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23.84
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24.94
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–1.10
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pts
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24.06
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26.64
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–2.58
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pts
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Estimated
amount for
August
2017
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Actual
amount
completed in
August
2016
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Year-on-year
increase
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Total
estimated
amount for
January to
August 2017
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Total actual
amount
completed in
January to
August 2016
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Year-on-year
increase
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Consolidated Data
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ATK (available tonne
– kilometres) (millions)
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2,422.67
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2,233.48
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8.5
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%
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18,147.22
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16,656.50
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8.9
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%
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– Domestic routes
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1,321.92
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1,244.16
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6.3
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%
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9,853.06
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9,117.40
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8.1
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%
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– International routes
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1,042.23
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937.49
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11.2
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%
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7,814.20
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7,096.17
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10.1
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%
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– Regional routes
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58.52
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51.83
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12.9
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%
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479.95
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442.93
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8.4
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%
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RTK (revenue tonne
– kilometres) (millions)
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1,669.81
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1,585.90
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5.3
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%
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12,463.16
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11,461.84
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8.7
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%
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– Domestic routes
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999.28
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963.30
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3.7
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%
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7,377.14
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6,790.80
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8.6
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%
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– International routes
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630.69
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587.84
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7.3
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%
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4,779.00
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4,384.06
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9.0
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%
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– Regional routes
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39.85
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34.76
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14.6
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%
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307.02
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286.98
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7.0
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%
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Overall load factor (%)
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68.92
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71.01
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–2.08
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pts
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68.68
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68.81
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–0.13
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pts
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– Domestic routes
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75.59
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77.43
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–1.83
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pts
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74.87
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74.48
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0.39
|
pts
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– International routes
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60.51
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62.70
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–2.19
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pts
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61.16
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61.78
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–0.62
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pts
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– Regional routes
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68.09
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67.07
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1.02
|
pts
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63.97
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64.79
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–0.82
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pts
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Notes:
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1.
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As China Eastern
Airlines Corporation Limited (the “
Company
”) completed the disposal
of the entire equity interest in Eastern Air Logistics Co., Ltd.* (東方航空物流有限公司)
(“
Eastern Logistics
”) to Eastern Airlines Industry Investment Company
Limited* (東方航空產業投資有限公
司) (“
Eastern Investment
”, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China
Eastern Air Holding Company* (中國東方航空集團公司),
the controlling shareholder of the Company) in early February 2017, the freight data
and consolidated monthly data of the Company since February 2017 and subsequent months
shall not include the freight data of all freighters, but only freight data of bellyhold
space in passenger aircraft. The data for the corresponding period of last year shall
no longer include the freight data of all freighters and shall be adjusted to comparable
basis.
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2.
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Please refer to the
latest annual report or interim report of the Company for the definitions of the indicators.
|
In August 2017, the Company introduced eleven aircraft
(one A320 aircraft, one A321 aircraft and nine B737-800 aircraft), and no aircraft was retired.
As the Company completed the disposal of the
entire equity interest in Eastern Logistics to Eastern Investment in early February 2017, the fleet data of the Company shall
no longer include the freight data operated by China Cargo Airlines Co., Limited*
(中國貨運航空有限公司), a controlled subsidiary of Eastern
Logistics. As at the end of August 2017, details of the fleet structure of aircraft of the Company are as follows:
(Units)
No.
|
|
Model
|
|
Self-owned
|
|
|
Under
finance
lease
|
|
|
Under
operating
lease
|
|
|
Sub-total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wide-body passenger aircraft
|
|
|
31
|
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
83
|
|
1
|
|
B777-300ER
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
2
|
|
B767
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
3
|
|
A330-200
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
4
|
|
A330-300
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Narrow-body passenger aircraft
|
|
|
215
|
|
|
|
181
|
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
|
519
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
B737-700
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
6
|
|
B737-800
|
|
|
46
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
|
180
|
|
7
|
|
A319
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
8
|
|
A320
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
172
|
|
9
|
|
A321
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
246
|
|
|
|
223
|
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
|
602
|
|
Note:
The ten business aircraft held under trust of
the Company were not included in the fleet.
|
III.
|
BRIEF EXPLANATION ON OPERATING DATA
|
In relation to passenger traffic, passenger transportation
capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) of the Company in August 2017 increased by 8.6% year-on-year, passenger traffic
(measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 5.9% year- on-year, and passenger load factor decreased by 2.15 percentage
points to 83.22% year- on-year.
Freight transportation capacity (measured by available freight
tonne-kilometres) of the Company in August 2017 increased by 8.1% year-on-year. Freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight
tonne-kilometres) increased by 6% year-on-year, while freight load factor decreased by 0.67 percentage points to 33.9% year-on-year.
In August 2017, the Company
launched new routes such as Hangzhou-Quanzhou- Singapore and Shanghai-Jiayuguan.
The board of directors
of the Company hereby reminds investors that the operating data set forth above was compiled in accordance with the Company’s
internal information which has not been audited and may be subject to adjustment. The operating data set forth above may differ
from the data disclosed in any regular report for the relevant period. The Company reserves its rights to adjust the operating
data based on audit findings and the actual situation. The monthly operating data disclosed by the Company only serves as preliminary
and periodical data for investors’ reference. Investors are hereby reminded of the investment risks which may result from
inappropriate reliance upon or utilization of the information above.
The data set forth above is
published on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn), the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (www.hkex.com.hk)
and the column “Investor Relations” on the website of the Company (www.ceair.com).
|
By order
of the Board
|
|
CHINA EASTERN
AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED
Wang Jian
|
|
Company Secretary
|
|
Shanghai, the People’s
Republic of China
|
|
14 September 2017
|
*
for identification purpose
only
As at the date of this announcement,
the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Ma Xulun (Vice Chairman, President), Li Yangmin (Director, Vice
President), Xu Zhao (Director), Gu Jiadan (Director), Tang Bing (Director, Vice President), Tian Liuwen (Director, Vice President),
Li Ruoshan (Independent non-executive Director), Ma Weihua (Independent non-executive Director), Shao Ruiqing (Independent non-executive
Director) and Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director).
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