TIDMAIRC
RNS Number : 3733H
Air China Ld
17 August 2016
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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.
AIR CHINA LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's
Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code:00753)
ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF JULY 2016
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited ("Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
on 15 August 2016, which contains combined operating data for July
2016 for Air China and its subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Group"). The information contained in the SSE Announcement may be
price sensitive. This announcement enclosing the SSE Announcement
is being issued pursuant to Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures
Ordinance. The data in the SSE Announcement was calculated based on
the internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the
data disclosed in the relative periodic reports.
This announcement is issued by Air China pursuant to Part XIVA
of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
The data in the enclosed SSE Announcement was calculated based
on the internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the
data disclosed in the relative periodic reports.
Investors are advised to exercise caution in dealing in shares
of Air China.
By Order of the Board
Air China Limited
Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 15 August 2016
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the
Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Cao Jianxiong,
Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr.
Pan Xiaojiang*, Mr. Simon To Chi Keung*, Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung*
and Mr. Li Dajin*.
* Independent non-executive director of the Company
SSE ANNOUNCEMENT
The SSE Announcement is written in Chinese, with no official
English translation. The English translation is provided solely for
reference only. In case of any discrepancy between the two
versions, the Chinese version shall prevail. The full version of
the SSE Announcement is as follows:
AIR CHINA LIMITED
ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF JULY 2016
In July 2016, Air China Limited (the "Company"), and its
subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded an increase in combined
passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers
("RPK")) as compared to the same period last year and to last
month, respectively. Compared to the same period last year,
passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers ("ASK"))
increased by 7.7%, while passenger traffic, increased by 9.7%. For
domestic routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased
by 2.3% and 4.0%, respectively, as compared to the same period last
year. For international routes, passenger capacity and passenger
traffic increased by 19.3% and 21.0%, respectively, as compared to
the same period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes
decreased by 3.9%, while passenger traffic saw a growth of 4.0%, as
compared to the same period last year. The overall passenger load
factor was 82.9%, representing an increase of 1.5 percentage point
compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor
for domestic, international and regional grew by 1.4, 1.2 and 5.9
percentage points, respectively.
The Group launched a Hangzhou - Surat Thani route (three times a
week) on 5 July 2016, a Yinchuan - Chongqing - Nha Trang route
(seven times a week) on 15 July 2016, a Beijing - Hami - Shihezi
route (three times a week) and a Beijing - Korla route (four times
a week) on 21 July 2016.
In terms of cargo operations, in July 2016, both Revenue Freight
Tonne Kilometres ("RFTK")) and freight tonnage carried recorded an
increase on a year-on-year basis, but a slight decline as compared
to last month. Cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne
kilometers ("AFTK")) rose by 2.7% year-on-year. Cargo and mail
traffic increased by 2.3% and volume of cargo and mail uplifted
grew by 3.2% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo
load factor was 57.3% in July 2016, representing a year-on-year
decrease of 0.2 percentage point.
In July 2016, the Group introduced one B787-9, one B737-800, one
B737-700 and three A320, and retired one B777-200. As at the end of
July 2016, the Group operated a fleet of 607 aircraft.
The following table sets forth key operating data for July
2016:
Change vs Change vs
July 2015 June 2016
(%) (%) Cumulative Cumulative
July 2016 change (%)
July 2016
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
I. Capacity
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
1. ATKs (in millions)1 2879.1 5.9 8.0 19399.1 8.9
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Domestic 1341.1 3.0 7.5 9260.7 4.7
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
International 1445.4 9.7 9.0 9441.5 14.4
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Regional 92.6 -6.7 0.5 696.9 -2.6
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
2. ASKs (in millions)2 20438.6 7.7 9.0 133825.6 9.8
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Domestic 12055.9 2.3 7.8 80383.9 4.6
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
International 7612.3 19.3 11.9 47820.5 21.4
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Regional 770.4 -3.9 1.4 5621.2 -0.5
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
3. AFTKs (in millions)3 1036.2 2.7 6.2 7325.0 7.4
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Domestic 258.2 6.0 6.2 2033.8 5.0
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
International 758.0 2.3 6.5 5122.7 9.1
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Regional 20.0 -16.0 -3.5 168.5 -9.4
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
II. Traffic
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
1. RTKs (in millions)4 2075.9 7.4 6.2 13446.5 8.4
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Domestic 1001.3 4.5 4.1 6745.2 5.2
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
International 1011.3 10.9 8.6 6252.2 12.3
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Regional 63.4 1.3 2.3 449.1 5.0
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
2. RPKs (in millions)5 16944.3 9.7 11.0 107453.1 10.1
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Domestic 10010.8 4.0 7.4 66119.7 5.1
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
International 6334.7 21.0 17.8 37141.8 20.7
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Regional 598.8 4.0 6.0 4191.6 6.5
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
3. RFTKs (in millions)6 594.1 2.3 -0.3 3918.7 4.6
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Domestic 127.4 8.1 -4.0 895.7 5.7
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
International 458.4 1.2 1.1 2960.4 4.5
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Regional 8.3 -14.2 -14.6 62.6 -5.1
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
4. Number of Passengers
carried (in thousands) 8541.6 6.7 8.9 55398.3 7.2
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Domestic 6860.8 2.6 7.5 45050.7 4.6
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
International 1293.4 36.8 17.6 7662.0 25.4
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Regional 387.3 3.3 6.4 2685.6 6.8
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
5. Total Cargo tonnes
carried 142532.6 3.2 -2.8 977232.9 4.4
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Domestic 81042.7 5.5 -4.8 573900.1 4.5
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
International 55608.6 1.7 1.2 360384.6 4.9
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Regional 5881.2 -10.8 -10.2 42948.2 -2.0
-------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Change vs Change vs
July 2015 June 2016
(%) (%) Cumulative Cumulative
July 2016 change (%)
July 2016
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
III. Load Factor
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
1. Passenger Load Factor
(%)7 82.9 1.5 1.5 80.3 0.2
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
Domestic 83.0 1.4 -0.3 82.3 0.4
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
International 83.2 1.2 4.2 77.7 -0.5
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
Regional 77.7 5.9 3.4 74.6 4.9
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
2. Cargo Load Factor
(%)8 57.3 -0.2 -3.8 53.5 -1.4
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
Domestic 49.3 1.0 -5.3 44.0 0.3
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
International 60.5 -0.6 -3.3 57.8 -2.5
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
Regional 41.5 0.9 -5.4 37.1 1.7
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
3. Overall Load Factor
(%)9 72.1 1.0 -1.2 69.3 -0.3
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
Domestic 74.7 1.1 -2.4 72.8 0.3
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
International 70.0 0.8 -0.3 66.2 -1.2
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
Regional 68.5 5.4 1.2 64.4 4.7
-------------------------- ------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------ -------------
Note:
1. "ATK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available
for transportation multiplied by the kilometers flown
2. "ASK(s)" refers to the number of seats available for sale
multiplied by the kilometers flown
3. "AFTK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity
available for the carriage of cargo and mail multiplied by the
kilometers flown
4. "RTK(s)" refers to the revenue load (passenger and cargo) in
tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown
5. "RPK(s)" refers to the number of revenue passengers carried
multiplied by the kilometers flown
6. "RFTK(s)" refers to the revenue cargo and mail load in tonnes
multiplied by the kilometers flown
7. "Passenger Load Factor" refers to revenue passenger
kilometers expressed as a percentage of available seat
kilometers
8. "Cargo and Mail Load Factor" refers to revenue freight tonne
kilometers expressed as a percentage of available seat
kilometers
9. "Overall Load Factor" refers to RTKs expressed as a
percentage of available tonne kilometers
1.
The key operating data above was calculated based on the
internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the data
disclosed in the relative periodic reports. Investors are hereby
reminded of the risks which may results from inappropriate reliance
upon or utilization of the information given above.
By Order of the Board
Rao Xinyu
Board Secretary
Beijing, the PRC, 15 August 2016
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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