ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF APRIL 2023

Air China Ld

16 May 2023

 

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中國國際航空股份有限公司

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 2023

The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 15 May 2023, which contains combined operating data for April 2023 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 May 2023

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Wang Mingyuan, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr. Xiao Peng, 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 APRIL 2023

In April 2023, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year-on-year increase and a month-on-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 467.1% and a month-on-month increase of 13.0%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 630.5% and a month-on-month increase of 14.7%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity increased by 415.5% year on year and increased by 7.1% month on month, and passenger traffic increased by 574.4% year on year and increased by 10.3% month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 1,417.0% and increased by 82.7% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 1,710.2% and increased by 72.2% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by 802.0% and increased by 17.6% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 1,490.3% year on year and an increase of 17.6% month on month. The passenger load factor was 70.6%, representing an increase of 15.8 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and an increase of 1.0 percentage points as compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 17.1 percentage points year on year and increased by 2.2 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by 9.6 percentage points and decreased by 3.6 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 28.2 percentage points year on year and maintained the same month on month.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 10.4% year on year and increased by 15.0% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) decreased by 49.3% year on year and increased by 21.6% month on month. The cargo load factor was 24.5%, representing a year- on-year decrease of 18.9 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of 1.3 percentage points.

In April 2023, the Group introduced two A350 aircraft and retired two B737-800 aircraft. As at the end of April 2023, the Group operated a fleet of 896 aircraft, including 343 self-owned aircraft, 248 aircraft under finance lease and 305 aircraft under operating lease.

The following table sets forth key operating data of April 2023:

	April 2023	Year-on-Year Change (%)1	Month-on-Month Change (%)1	Cumulative 2023	Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
I.    Capacity
1. ATK (in million)2	2,959.6	137.6	13.5	10,116.9	40.1
Domestic	2,441.7	397.0	6.7	8,873.1	105.4
International	443.2	-39.8	71.7	1,019.4	-63.5
Regional	74.7	318.4	21.9	224.4	106.3
2. ASK (in million)3	24,295.0	467.1	13.0	83,608.0	117.6
Domestic	20,741.5	415.5	7.1	75,465.9	106.3
International	2,960.9	1,417.0	82.7	6,316.1	451.4
Regional	592.7	802.0	17.6	1,826.0	163.6
3. AFTK (in million)4	770.5	-10.4	15.0	2,581.8	-31.3
Domestic	575.7	344.9	5.7	2,083.0	102.6
International	176.5	-75.4	57.5	450.2	-83.3
Regional	18.3	60.3	41.9	48.6	19.3
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)5	1,710.2	193.4	14.7	5,837.4	63.5
Domestic	1,430.5	433.4	9.1	5,161.8	113.8
International	240.4	-21.9	64.8	555.2	-49.9
Regional	39.2	458.8	16.5	120.4	151.8
2. RPK (in million)6	17,151.0	630.5	14.7	59,290.9	148.4
Domestic	15,018.0	574.4	10.3	54,322.4	134.3
International	1,746.8	1,710.2	72.2	3,797.4	1,009.7
Regional	386.2	1,490.3	17.6	1,171.1	241.2
3. RFTK (in million)7	188.8	-49.3	21.6	599.2	-58.8
Domestic	99.9	45.1	3.0	371.4	1.9
International	85.9	-71.3	53.8	219.2	-79.6
Regional	2.9	-36.6	22.9	8.5	-38.3

	April 2023	Year-on-Year Change (%)1	Month-on-Month Change (%)1	Cumulative 2023	Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
4. Number of Passengers carried (in thousand)	10,517.0	592.3	12.2	36,915.8	137.3
Domestic	9,922.6	564.9	10.6	35,454.6	131.9
International	350.9	2,337.1	79.0	737.0	1,068.3
Regional	243.5	1870.8	20.6	724.1	258.1
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)	75,012.4	-6.5	9.9	262,773.2	-26.1
Domestic	60,532.5	46.5	4.6	223,455.1	2.5
International	12,502.7	-65.4	43.0	33,424.0	-74.1
Regional	1,977.1	-28.2	21.4	5,894.0	-32.7
III. Load Factor
1. Passenger Load Factor (%)8	70.6	15.8	1.0	70.9	8.8
Domestic	72.4	17.1	2.2	72.0	8.6
International	59.0	9.6	-3.6	60.1	30.2
Regional	65.2	28.2	0.0	64.1	14.6
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)9	24.5	-18.9	1.3	23.2	-15.5
Domestic	17.4	-35.9	-0.4	17.8	-17.6
International	48.7	7.0	-1.2	48.7	8.7
Regional	16.0	-24.5	-2.5	17.6	-16.4
3. Overall Load Factor (%)10	57.8	11.0	0.6	57.7	8.3
Domestic	58.6	4.0	1.3	58.2	2.3
International	54.2	12.4	-2.3	54.5	14.8
Regional	52.6	13.2	-2.4	53.6	9.7

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

11.     As at March 21, 2023, the Company has gained control over Shandong Aviation Group Company Limited (the "Shandong Aviation Group Corporation"), and the subsidiaries within the consolidation scope of Shandong Aviation Group Corporation, including Shandong Airlines Co., Ltd. (the "Shandong Airlines")

, have become companies within the scope of the Company's consolidated financial statements. For more details, please refer to the "Announcement on the Progress of Significant Matters Planned by Air China Limited" published by the Company on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on March 22, 2023. The Company's interim announcements and periodic reports will include relevant fleet information and operational data of Shandong Airlines, and the historical data in the tables has been adjusted to a comparable basis.

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 May 2023

 

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