ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA - FEBRUARY 2016

RNS Number : 2225S

Air China Ld

16 March 2016

 

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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 2016

The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published by Air China Limited ("Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 15 March 2016, which contains combined operating data for February 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 March 2016

As at the date of this notice, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Ms. Wang Yinxiang, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Fan Cheng, Mr. Pan Xiaojiang*, Mr. Simon To Chi Keung*, Mr. Stanley Hui Honchung* 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 2016

In February 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 12.7%, while passenger traffic, increased by 11.1%. For domestic routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 5.3% and 5.0%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. For international routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 29.9% and 26.0%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes increased by 6.4%, while passenger traffic increased by 4.3% as compared to the same period last year. The overall passenger load factor was 81.4%, recording a year-on-year decrease by 1.2 percentage points. The passenger load factor for domestic, international and regional routes decreased by 0.2, 2.4 and 1.6 percentage points, respectively.

The Company launched a Shenzhen-Beijing-Los Angeles route (seven flights each week) on 1 February 2016 and a Sanya-Beijing-Frankfurt route (seven flights each week) on 8 February 2016.

In terms of cargo operations, in February 2016, both cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers ("RFTK")) and volume of cargo and mail uplifted saw a slight decline on a year-on-year basis and as compared to last month. Cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers ("AFTK")) rose by 14.2% year-on-year in February 2016. Cargo and mail traffic decreased by 1.8% and volume of cargo and mail uplifted declined by 5.3% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo load factor was 41.1% in February 2016, representing a year-on-year decrease of 6.7 percentage points.

In February 2016, the Group added three A320 and retired four aircraft, including one B737-800, one B757-200, one A321 and one business jet. As at the end of February 2016, the Group operated a fleet of 593 aircraft.

The following table sets forth key operating data for February 2016:

	February 2016	Change vs February 2015 (%)	Change vs January 2016 (%)	Cumulative February 2016	Cumulative change (%)
I.     Capacity
1.     ATKs (in millions)1	2677.8	13.3	-3.4	5450.9	12.8
Domestic	1325.7	4.6	3.4	2608.1	3.1
International	1239.8	25.3	-10.5	2625.5	25.5
Regional	112.3	5.9	7.0	217.3	4.9
2.     ASKs (in millions)2	18513.8	12.7	-2.8	37568.7	13.4
Domestic	11256.4	5.3	1.0	22405.7	4.7
International	6367.3	29.9	-9.9	13437.0	32.8
Regional	890.1	6.4	6.5	1726.1	6.7
3.    AFTKs (in millions)3	1006.5	14.2	-4.5	2060.1	12.0
Domestic	312.9	2.2	11.9	592.7	-2.0
International	664.7	21.5	-11.1	1412.2	19.7
Regional	28.9	3.8	9.3	55.3	-0.5
II.   Traffic
1.     RTKs (in millions)4	1733.6	8.1	-8.4	3626.6	11.5
Domestic	902.1	3.9	-3.7	1838.8	5.4
International	762.5	14.0	-14.3	1652.5	19.3
Regional	69.0	2.7	3.9	135.4	9.4
2.     RPKs (in millions)5	15063.5	11.1	-0.6	30213.2	14.7
Domestic	9392.8	5.0	4.4	18386.9	5.9
International	4983.5	26.0	-10.0	10520.6	34.8
Regional	687.2	4.3	11.1	1305.7	11.9
3.     RFTKs (in millions)6	414.2	-1.8	-25.3	968.4	3.5
Domestic	84.1	-9.5	-41.7	228.4	2.1
International	323.9	0.9	-19.1	724.1	4.2
Regional	6.1	-18.1	-37.3	15.8	-9.8
4.    Number of Passengers carried (in thousands)	7766.1	6.8	3.2	15289.8	9.2
Domestic	6283.2	4.5	4.1	12321.4	5.7
International	1045.6	24.2	-5.0	2146.5	33.3
Regional	437.3	5.6	13.7	821.9	12.5
5.    Total Cargo tonnes carried	98073.5	-5.3	-34.0	246757.2	2.5
Domestic	54691.2	-9.4	-41.0	147411.6	1.6
International	39352.1	2.2	-20.0	88516.9	5.2
Regional	4030.3	-14.1	-40.7	10828.7	-6.2

	February 2016	Change vs February 2015 (%)	Change vs January 2016 (%)	Cumulative February 2016	Cumulative change (%)
I.     Load Factor
1.     Passenger Load Factor (%)7	81.4	-1.2	1.9	80.4	1.0
Domestic	83.4	-0.2	2.8	82.1	1.0
International	78.3	-2.4	-0.1	78.3	1.1
Regional	77.2	-1.6	3.2	75.6	3.6
2.     Cargo Load Factor (%)8	41.1	-6.7	-11.5	47.0	-3.9
Domestic	26.9	-3.5	-24.7	38.5	1.6
International	48.7	-10.0	-4.8	51.3	-7.6
Regional	21.2	-5.7	-15.7	28.7	-3.0
3.    Overall Load Factor (%)9	64.7	-3.1	-3.5	66.5	-0.8
Domestic	68.0	-0.4	-5.0	70.5	1.5
International	61.5	-6.1	-2.7	62.9	-3.2
Regional	61.4	-1.9	-1.9	62.3	2.6

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

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 March 2016

 

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