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Air China Ld
19 March 2020
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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 FEBRUARY 2020
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange on 18 March 2020, which contains combined operating data
for February 2020 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 result 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, 18 March 2020
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the
Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Patrick Healy,
Mr. XueYasong, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, 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 FEBRUARY 2020
In February 2020, Air China Limited (the "Company"), and its
subsidiaries (the "Group"), being affected by the novel coronavirus
pneumonia epidemic, recorded decreases in combined passenger
traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")) as
compared to the same period last year and as compared to the same
period last month. Passenger capacity (measured by available seat
kilometers (the "ASK")) recorded a year-on-year decrease of 68.1%
and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year decrease of 80.5%.
For domestic routes, passenger capacity decreased by 72.4% and
passenger traffic decreased by 83.9%, as compared to the same
period last year. For international routes, passenger capacity
decreased by 59.5% and passenger traffic decreased by 73.2%, as
compared to the same period last year. Passenger capacity on
regional routes decreased by 82.9%, and passenger traffic recorded
a decrease of 92.4%, as compared to the same period last year. The
overall passenger load factor was 51.4%, representing a decrease of
32.6 percentage points as compared to the same period last year.
The passenger load factor for domestic routes decreased by 35.9
percentage points and for international routes decreased by 27.4
percentage points as compared to the same period last year, and the
passenger load factor for regional routes decreased by 45.7
percentage points year-on-year.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by
available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by
66.4%, cargo and mail traffic decreased by 55.8% and the volume of
cargo and mail carried decreased by 55.4% as compared to the same
period last year. The cargo load factor was 40.0%, representing a
year-on-year increase of 9.6 percentage points.
In February 2020, the Group retired one A319 aircraft. As at the
end of February 2020, the Group operated a fleet of 699 aircraft,
including 286 self-owned aircraft, 207 aircraft under finance lease
and 206 aircraft under operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data for February
2020:
Year-on-
Year-on- Month- Year
Year on-Month Cumulative
February Change Change Cumulative Change
2020 (%) 1 (%) 1 2020 (%) 1
I. Capacity
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1. ATK (in million) 2 945.2 -67.6 -70.7 4,166.6 -31.9
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Domestic 414.0 -73.7 -76.1 2,147.6 -34.6
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International 512.7 -58.4 -63.1 1,901.3 -27.1
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Regional 18.4 -83.2 -81.4 117.7 -47.0
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2. ASK (in million) 3 7,101.4 -68.1 -71.2 31,759.6 -31.9
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Domestic 3,660.9 -72.4 -75.0 18,301.0 -33.8
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International 3,285.7 -59.5 -64.2 12,456.5 -27.4
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Regional 154.8 -82.9 -81.7 1,002.1 -45.0
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3. AFTK (in million) 4 305.1 -66.4 -69.4 1,300.4 -31.8
========== ===================== ==================== ============ ======================
Domestic 84.7 -77.9 -79.7 501.1 -37.1
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International 216.4 -56.8 -61.4 777.1 -26.8
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Regional 3.9 -83.9 -78.5 22.2 -55.3
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II. Traffic
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1. RTK (in million) 5 439.4 -76.8 -78.0 2,438.6 -39.2
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Domestic 195.2 -81.7 -82.2 1,293.2 -41.7
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International 238.2 -68.5 -71.7 1,079.9 -34.3
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Regional 6.0 -91.7 -89.9 65.5 -56.3
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2. RPK (in million) 6 3,651.2 -80.5 -80.7 22,531.2 -40.9
========== ===================== ==================== ============ ======================
Domestic 1,839.6 -83.9 -83.5 13,016.2 -43.1
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International 1,754.8 -73.2 -75.3 8,860.8 -35.8
========== ===================== ==================== ============ ======================
Regional 56.8 -92.4 -90.5 654.2 -56.3
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3. RFTK (in million) 7 122.0 -55.8 -65.2 473.1 -31.0
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Domestic 34.9 -57.3 -71.8 158.7 -31.2
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International 86.2 -54.6 -61.6 310.5 -29.9
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Regional 0.9 -80.8 -71.3 3.9 -67.7
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4. Number of
Passengers
carried (in
thousand) 1,600.6 -82.9 -82.6 10,789.4 -43.1
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Domestic 1,255.3 -83.4 -82.9 8,589.3 -43.5
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International 309.3 -77.2 -79.0 1,780.5 -36.8
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Regional 36.0 -92.4 -90.6 419.6 -55.7
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5. Total Cargo and
Mail
carried (in tonnes) 35,132.9 -55.4 -68.3 145,969.2 -30.5
========== ===================== ==================== ============ ======================
Domestic 22,230.3 -55.4 -71.0 98,874.7 -30.0
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International 12,300.5 -52.8 -61.6 44,323.3 -27.8
========== ===================== ==================== ============ ======================
Regional 602.0 -78.3 -72.2 2,771.2 -62.4
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III. Load Factor
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1. Passenger Load
Factor
(%) 8 51.4 -32.6 -25.2 70.9 -10.9
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Domestic 50.2 -35.9 -26.1 71.1 -11.6
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International 53.4 -27.4 -24.1 71.1 -9.3
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Regional 36.7 -45.7 -33.8 65.3 -16.9
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2. Cargo and Mail
Load
Factor (%) 9 40.0 9.6 4.7 36.4 0.5
========== ===================== ==================== ============ ======================
Domestic 41.2 19.9 11.5 31.7 2.7
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International 39.8 1.9 -0.2 40.0 -1.8
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Regional 22.1 3.6 5.5 17.5 -6.7
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3. Overall Load Factor
(%) 10 46.5 -18.5 -15.6 58.5 -7.1
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Domestic 47.1 -20.6 -16.2 60.2 -7.4
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International 46.5 -14.9 -14.1 56.8 -6.2
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Regional 32.7 -33.8 -27.2 55.6 -11.9
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Notes:
1. Change is expressed in percentage in terms of "Capacity" and
"Traffic", and is expressed in percentage points in terms of "Load
Factor"
2. "ATK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available
for transportation multiplied by the kilometers flown
3. "ASK(s)" refers to the number of seats available for sale
multiplied by the kilometers flown
4. "AFTK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity
available for the carriage of cargo and mail multiplied by the
kilometers flown
5. "RTK(s)" refers to the revenue load (passenger and cargo) in
tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown
6. "RPK(s)" refers to the number of revenue passengers carried
multiplied by the kilometers flown
7. "RFTK(s)" refers to the revenue cargo and mail load in tonnes
multiplied by the kilometers flown
8. "Passenger Load Factor" refers to revenue passenger
kilometers expressed as a percentage of available seat
kilometers
9. "Cargo and Mail Load Factor" refers to revenue freight tonne
kilometers expressed as a percentage of available freight tonne
kilometers
10. "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 result from inappropriate reliance
upon or utilization of the information given above.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic,
the Company has taken various measures to actively respond to the
epidemic and operation have been carried out in an orderly manner.
The Company actively fulfilled social responsibilities in the
meantime, no effort has been spared in safeguarding the special
charter missions for transporting epidemic prevention personnel and
materials and for resumption of work and production. The Company
will continue to pay close attention to the development of the
situation, strengthen market research and judgment, optimize the
capacity allocation structure, strengthen cost management, focus on
risk management and control and take proactive measures to minimize
the impact of the epidemic.
Board of Directors of Air China Limited
Beijing, the PRC, 18 March 2020
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