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Air China Ld
19 December 2022
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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 NOVEMBER 2022
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange on 15 December 2022, which contains combined operating
data for November 2022 for Air China and its subsidiaries
(collectively, the "Group"). 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
Huang Bin Huen Ho Yin
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 15 December 2022
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the
Company are Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr.
Li Fushen*, Mr. He Yun*, Mr. Xu Junxin* and Ms. Winnie Tam
Wan-chi*.
* 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 NOVEMBER 2022
In November 2022, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its
subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year-on-year decrease and a
month-on-month decrease 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 decrease of 26.2% and a month-on-month decrease of
11.3%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year decrease of 22.7%
and a month-on-month decrease of 14.2%. Among which, for domestic
routes, passenger capacity decreased by 32.1% year on year and
decreased by 14.1% month on month, and passenger traffic decreased
by 27.3% year on year and decreased by 16.2% month on month. For
international routes, passenger capacity increased by 79.8% and
increased by 16.8% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by
95.4% and increased by 12.5% as compared to the same period last
year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes,
passenger capacity increased by 36.0% and decreased by 2.6% as
compared to the same period last year and the previous month,
respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 81.2%
year on year and an increase of 6.5% month on month. The overall
passenger load factor was 62.1%, representing an increase of 2.8
percentage points as compared to the same period last year and a
decrease of 2.1 percentage points as compared to the previous
month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes
increased by 4.3 percentage points year on year and decreased by
1.6 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for
international routes increased by 3.4 percentage points and
decreased by 1.6 percentage points as compared to the same period
last year and the previous month, respectively, and the passenger
load factor for regional routes increased by 12.2 percentage points
year on year and increased by 4.2 percentage points month on
month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by
available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 57.5%
year on year and decreased by 29.7% month on month. Cargo and mail
traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK"))
decreased by 56.9% year on year and decreased by 28.4% month on
month. The cargo load factor was 44.1%, representing a year-on-year
increase of 0.6 percentage point and a month-on-month increase of
0.8 percentage point.
In November 2022, the Group introduced three A321NEO aircraft
and one ARJ21-700 aircraft. As at the end of November 2022, the
Group operated a fleet of 757 aircraft, including 306 self-owned
aircraft, 247 aircraft under finance lease and 204 aircraft under
operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data of November
2022:
Year-on-Year Year-on-Year
November Change Month-on-Month Cumulative Cumulative
2022 (%)(1) Change (%)(1) 2022 Change (%)(1)
I. Capacity
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
1. ATK (in million)(2) 904.8 -43.8 -20.2 15,896.1 -29.6
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 584.3 -33.4 -13.6 9,582.6 -39.7
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
International 296.8 -58.4 -31.0 6,067.6 -4.8
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Regional 23.7 22.5 -12.6 245.8 -19.6
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2. ASK (in million)(3) 5,765.6 -26.2 -11.3 88,235.6 -38.0
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Domestic 4,996.0 -32.1 -14.1 82,930.3 -39.1
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International 612.6 79.8 16.8 3,908.9 1.3
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Regional 157.0 36.0 -2.6 1,396.4 -34.4
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3. AFTK (in million)(4) 384.7 -57.5 -29.7 7,951.2 -18.6
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 134.8 -37.4 -11.8 2,126.2 -41.8
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International 241.6 -64.6 -36.9 5,715.8 -5.1
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Regional 8.3 2.2 -26.5 109.2 13.1
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II. Traffic
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1. RTK (in million)(5) 490.7 -39.4 -19.5 8,159.9 -35.4
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 342.0 -30.7 -15.5 5,467.0 -43.2
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International 139.0 -54.8 -28.7 2,594.5 -9.2
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Regional 9.7 26.5 -2.1 98.4 -34.3
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2. RPK (in million)(6) 3,578.3 -22.7 -14.2 55,429.6 -43.5
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 3,241.8 -27.3 -16.2 53,075.8 -44.3
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International 259.9 95.4 12.5 1,705.9 -2.7
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Regional 76.6 81.2 6.5 647.9 -43.5
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3. RFTK (in million)(7) 169.6 -56.9 -28.4 3,259.8 -16.8
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 51.6 -45.4 -13.6 781.8 -33.9
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International 115.9 -60.8 -33.6 2,443.2 -9.5
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Regional 2.2 -37.7 -23.3 34.8 -3.5
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
4. Number of Passengers
carried
(in thousand) 2,194.6 -28.6 -18.2 35,636.8 -45.0
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 2,102.0 -30.6 -19.3 34,964.5 -45.2
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
International 45.4 123.6 16.0 295.7 5.7
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Regional 47.2 77.7 14.0 376.6 -45.3
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
5. Total Cargo and
Mail carried
(in tonnes) 48,258.6 -49.1 -21.1 798,195.7 -26.7
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 32,026.6 -44.6 -14.0 474,978.5 -34.8
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
International 14,803.0 -57.5 -32.9 300,915.1 -11.1
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Regional 1,428.9 -31.2 -21.5 22,302.1 0.1
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
III. Load Factor
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
1. Passenger Load
Factor (%)(8) 62.1 2.8 -2.1 62.8 -6.2
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 64.9 4.3 -1.6 64.0 -5.9
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
International 42.4 3.4 -1.6 43.6 -1.8
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Regional 48.8 12.2 4.2 46.4 -7.5
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
2. Cargo and Mail
Load
Factor (%)(9) 44.1 0.6 0.8 41.0 0.9
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 38.3 -5.6 -0.8 36.8 4.4
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
International 48.0 4.6 2.4 42.7 -2.1
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Regional 25.9 -16.6 1.1 31.8 -5.5
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
3. Overall Load Factor
(%)(10) 54.2 4.0 0.4 51.3 -4.6
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Domestic 58.5 2.3 -1.4 57.1 -3.5
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
International 46.8 3.7 1.5 42.8 -2.1
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
Regional 40.8 1.3 4.4 40.0 -9.0
-------- ------------ -------------- ---------- --------------
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, 15 December 2022
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