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RNS Number : 2309Z
Air China Ld
16 May 2019
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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 APRIL 2019
The enclosed announcement(the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange on 15 May 2019, which contains combined operating data for
April 2019 for Air China and its subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Group"). This announcement enclosing the SSE Announcement is made
by Air China pursuant to Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the
Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited.
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
hereby reminded of the risks which may results from inappropriate
reliance upon or utilization of the information given above.
By Order of the Board
Air China Limited
Zhou Feng
Tam Shuit Mui
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 15 May 2019
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the
Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Xue Yasong,
Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, Mr. Liu Deheng*, 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 APRIL 2019
In April 2019, Air China Limited (the "Company"), and its
subsidiaries (the "Group") maintained growth in combined passenger
traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")) as
compared to the same period last year and to the same period last
month. Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers
(the "ASK")) and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase
of 4.9% and 4.2% respectively. For domestic routes, passenger
capacity increased by 0.8% and passenger traffic decreased by 0.1%,
as compared to the same period last year. For international routes,
passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 9.5% and 9.8%
respectively, as compared to the same period last year. Passenger
capacity on regional routes increased by 21.3%, and passenger
traffic recorded an increase of 20.4%, as compared to the same
period last year. The overall passenger load factor was 81.0%,
representing a decrease of 0.5 percentage point as compared to the
same period last year. The passenger load factor for domestic
routes decreased by 0.8 percentage point year-on-year, the
passenger load factor for international routes increased by 0.2
percentage point and for regional routes decreased by 0.6
percentage point year-on-year.
In terms of cargo operations, in April 2019, cargo and mail
traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK"))
recorded a slight decrease as compared to the same period last year
and recorded an increase as compared to the same period last month.
Freight tonnage carried recorded a slight decrease on both a
year-on-year basis and on a month-on-month basis. Cargo capacity
(measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK"))
increased by 2.8% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic decreased by
1.6%, the volume of cargo and mail carried decreased by 0.5% as
compared to the same period last year. The cargo load factor was
44.6%, representing a year-on-year decrease of 2.0 percentage
points.
The Company launched a Xi'an-Ningbo route (three times a week),
a Hailar-Wuhan route (three times a week) and a Hohhot-Guiyang
route (three times a week) on 2 April 2019, launched a Chongqing-
Changchun route (three times a week) on 23 April 2019 and a
Chongqing-Hohhot-Hailar route (four times a week) on 24 April
2019.
In April 2019, the Group introduced two A320 series aircraft,
and retired six B737-800 aircraft. As at the end of April 2019, the
Group operated a fleet of 672 aircraft, including 281 self-owned
aircraft, 192 aircraft under finance lease and 199 aircraft under
operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data for April
2019:
Year-on-
Year-on-Year Month-on- Year
April Change Month Cumulative Cumulative
2019 (%) Change 2019 Change (%)
(%)
I. Capacity
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
1. ATK (in million)1 3,073.5 4.2 -0.6 12,278.3 5.8
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 1,521.2 -0.7 -5.5 6,415.4 2.9
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 1,433.7 8.5 4.5 5,413.5 8.7
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 118.6 23.4 9.0 449.4 14.3
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
2. ASK (in million)2 23,743.8 4.9 0.2 94,062.8 6.2
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 13,280.5 0.8 -3.2 54,644.3 3.9
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 9,489.4 9.5 4.6 35,713.0 9.0
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 973.9 21.3 7.2 3,705.5 14.0
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
3. AFTK (in million)3 931.7 2.8 -2.2 3,791.1 4.9
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 326.5 -5.8 -13.0 1,496.9 -0.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 578.6 7.3 4.3 2,194.9 8.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 26.6 29.6 16.2 99.3 13.3
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
II. Traffic
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
1. RTK (in million)4 2,123.7 2.8 0.3 8,252.8 4.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 1,101.0 -0.3 -2.8 4,453.1 2.4
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 941.3 5.4 3.7 3,491.3 6.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 81.4 18.8 5.7 308.4 15.3
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
2. RPK (in million)5 19,224.8 4.2 0.6 76,492.9 6.3
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 10,961.3 -0.1 -2.5 45,061.4 3.1
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 7,473.0 9.8 4.7 28,403.4 10.7
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 790.5 20.4 6.9 3,028.0 17.2
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
3. RFTK (in million)6 415.4 -1.6 0.8 1,512.8 -1.4
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 126.0 -1.1 -3.6 487.3 -2.1
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 281.5 -2.0 2.9 997.9 -1.0
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 7.9 4.9 0.6 27.7 -2.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Year-on-
Year-on-Year Month-on- Year
April Change Month Cumulative Cumulative
2019 (%) Change 2019 Change (%)
(%)
4. Number of
Passengers
carried (in
thousand) 9,350.1 2.1 -1.4 37,795.4 5.3
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 7,371.7 -1.0 -2.2 30,110.0 2.8
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 1,477.0 14.5 0.1 5,767.1 16.1
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 501.4 19.6 6.9 1,918.4 16.9
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
5. Total Cargo and
Mail carried (in
tonnes) 120,295.1 -0.5 -2.4 453,422.8 -0.7
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 77,280.3 -1.7 -3.9 298,901.6 -2.3
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 38,421.7 2.0 1.1 137,765.7 3.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 4,593.0 0.1 -4.2 16,755.5 -4.6
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
III. Load Factor
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
1. Passenger Load
Factor (%)7 81.0 -0.5 0.3 81.3 0.1
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 82.5 -0.8 0.6 82.5 -0.6
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 78.8 0.2 0.0 79.5 1.2
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 81.2 -0.6 -0.2 81.7 2.2
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
2. Cargo and Mail
Load Factor (%)8 44.6 -2.0 1.3 39.9 -2.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 38.6 1.8 3.8 32.6 -0.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 48.7 -4.6 -0.7 45.5 -4.4
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 29.5 -7.0 -4.6 27.9 -4.5
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
3. Overall Load
Factor
(%)9 69.1 -1.0 0.6 67.2 -0.8
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Domestic 72.4 0.3 2.0 69.4 -0.3
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
International 65.7 -2.0 -0.5 64.5 -1.3
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Regional 68.6 -2.7 -2.1 68.6 0.6
==================== ============= ===================== ========================== ========================
Notes:
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)"referstothenumberofrevenuepassengerscarriedmultipliedbythekilometersflown
6. "RFTK(s)"referstotherevenuecargoandmailloadintonnesmultipliedbythekilometersflown
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 freight tonne
kilometers
9. "Overall Load Factor" refers to RTKs expressed as a
percentage of available tonne kilometers
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.
Board of Directors of Air China Limited Beijing, the PRC, 15 May
2019
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