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Air China Ld
17 May 2021
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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 2021
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited ("Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
on 14 May 2021, which contains combined operating data of Air China
and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Group") for April 2021.
This announcement enclosing the SSE Announcement is made by Air
China pursuant to Rules 13.09 and 13.10B of The Rules Governing the
Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
(the "Listing Rules") and the Inside Information Provisions (as
defined in the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and
Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
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
Company Secretary
Beijing, the PRC, 14 May 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the
Company are Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr.
Xue Yasong, Mr. Duan Hongyi*, 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 2021
In April 2021, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its
subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year- on-year and a
month-to-month increase in combined passenger traffic (measured by
revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")). Passenger capacity
(measured by available seat kilometers (the "ASK")) recorded a
year-on-year increase of 178.7% and passenger traffic recorded a
year-on-year increase of 217.6%. For domestic routes, passenger
capacity increased by 182.0% and passenger traffic increased by
218.2%, as compared to the same period last year. For international
routes, passenger capacity increased by 33.2% and passenger traffic
increased by 43.1%, as compared to the same period last year.
Passenger capacity and passenger traffic on regional routes
recorded a large scale increase as compared to the same period last
year. The overall passenger load factor was 74.5%, representing an
increase of 9.1 percentage points as compared to the same period
last year. The passenger load factor for domestic routes increased
by 8.6 percentage points and for international routes increased by
2.9 percentage points as compared to the same period last year, and
the passenger load factor for regional routes increased by 60.3
percentage points year-on-year.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by
available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 91.4%
year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight
tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased by 93.8% and the volume of
cargo and mail carried increased by 69.8%, as compared to the same
period last year. The cargo load factor was 34.9%, representing a
year-on-year increase of 0.4 percentage points.
In April 2021, the Group introduced two A350 aircraft and two
A320NEO aircraft. As at the end of April 2021, the Group operated a
fleet of 723 aircraft, including 293 self-owned aircraft, 221
aircraft under finance lease and 209 aircraft under operating
lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data of April
2021:
Year-on-
Year-on- Month- Year
Year on-Month Cumulative
April Change Change Cumulative Change
2021 (%) 1 (%) 1 2021 (%) 1
I. Capacity
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1. ATK (in million)
2 2,655.2 134.1 7.1 8,375.4 30.8
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Domestic 1,996.0 212.5 9.9 6,005.3 70.2
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International 623.8 28.4 -1.3 2,262.3 -17.3
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Regional 35.4 258.8 14.9 107.8 -23.6
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2. ASK (in million)
3 17,103.4 178.7 7.1 52,716.9 12.6
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Domestic 16,497.0 182.0 7.2 50,579.4 63.6
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International 353.4 33.2 -3.8 1,423.1 -90.4
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Regional 253.0 1,086.1 16.8 714.3 -36.3
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3. AFTK (in million)
4 1,114.4 91.4 7.1 3,626.5 66.1
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Domestic 512.0 355.0 18.5 1,455.1 94.7
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International 592.0 28.2 -1.2 2,134.2 52.3
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Regional 10.4 33.2 9.6 37.2 8.4
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II. Traffic
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1. RTK (in million)
5 1,523.8 173.2 7.5 4,593.5 26.7
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Domestic 1,227.5 192.5 8.5 3,575.9 65.9
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International 277.1 103.6 1.8 968.5 -30.8
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Regional 19.2 893.5 38.1 49.1 -31.2
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2. RPK (in million)
6 12,736.3 217.6 10.1 36,270.0 14.8
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Domestic 12,425.1 218.2 9.9 35,314.8 67.8
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International 148.9 43.1 -1.1 579.2 -94.1
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Regional 162.3 19,771.2 50.6 376.0 -44.1
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3. RFTK (in million)
7 388.7 93.8 1.6 1,360.9 58.8
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Domestic 121.8 69.5 1.0 432.2 40.1
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International 263.8 108.0 1.9 917.0 69.7
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Regional 3.1 64.3 -4.7 11.7 43.5
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Year-on-
Year-on- Month- Year
Year on-Month Cumulative
April Change Change Cumulative Change
2021 (%) 1 (%) 1 2021 (%) 1
4. Number of
Passengers
carried (in
thousand) 8,435.0 216.5 10.9 23,982.5 46.4
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Domestic 8,311.8 213.8 10.7 23,650.3 68.9
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International 24.1 53.5 -7.8 98.3 -94.9
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Regional 99.1 16,524.8 46.3 233.9 -45.9
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5. Total Cargo and
Mail
carried (in
tonnes) 111,283.1 69.8 0.5 396,396.1 42.1
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Domestic 75,098.2 64.2 2.4 265,836.8 36.5
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International 34,246.9 85.4 -3.0 123,035.5 56.8
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Regional 1,938.0 45.5 -5.7 7,523.9 31.4
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III.Load Factor
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1. Passenger Load
Factor
(%) 8 74.5 9.1 2.0 68.8 1.3
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Domestic 75.3 8.6 1.8 69.8 1.8
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International 42.1 2.9 1.1 40.7 -26.3
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Regional 64.1 60.3 14.4 52.6 -7.4
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2. Cargo and Mail
Load
Factor (%) 9 34.9 0.4 -1.9 37.5 -1.7
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Domestic 23.8 -40.1 -4.1 29.7 -11.6
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International 44.6 17.1 1.4 43.0 4.4
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Regional 29.3 5.5 -4.4 31.3 7.7
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3. Overall Load
Factor
(%) 10 57.4 8.2 0.2 54.8 -1.8
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Domestic 61.5 -4.2 -0.8 59.5 -1.6
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International 44.4 16.4 1.4 42.8 -8.4
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Regional 54.3 34.7 9.1 45.6 -5.0
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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.
Board of Directors of Air China Limited
Beijing, the PRC, 14 May 2021
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