ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF AUGUST 2018

RNS Number : 9303A

Air China Ld

17 September 2018

 

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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 AUGUST 2018

The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published by  Air China  Limited (the  "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 14 September 2018, which contains combined operating data for August 2018 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 results 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, 14 September 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, Mr.  Liu  Deheng*,  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 AUGUST 2018

In August 2018, Air China Limited (the "Company"), and its subsidiaries (the "Group") maintained growth in combined passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")) as compared to the same period last month and last year. Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers (the "ASK")) and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 9.5% and 11.1% respectively. For domestic routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic  increased  by  6.3%  and 9.2%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. For international routes,  passenger  capacity and passenger traffic increased by 14.5% and 13.9%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes increased by 10.8%, and passenger traffic  recorded an increase of 12.7%, as compared to the same period last year. The overall passenger load factor was 84.1%, representing an increase of 1.2 percentage points as compared to the same period      last year. The passenger load factor for domestic and regional routes increased by 2.3  and  1.5  percentage points respectively, and that for international routes decreased by 0.4 percentage point.

In terms of cargo operations, in August 2018, cargo and mail  traffic  (measured  by  revenue  freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) maintained growth as compared to the same period last year and decreased as compared to the same period last month. Freight tonnage carried recorded an increase on      a year-on-year basis and a month-on-month basis. Cargo  capacity  (measured  by  available  freight  tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 5.4% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic increased by 6.1% and the volume of cargo and mail carried increased  by 5.3%  as  compared  to the  same  period  last year. The cargo load factor was 59.2% in August 2018, representing a year-on-year increase of

0.4 percentage point.

In August 2018, the Group introduced seven  aircraft,  including  one  B737-300ER,  one  B737MAX, one B737-800, two  A350 and two  A320NEO aircraft, and retired one B747-400 and a business jet. As  at the end of August 2018, the Group operated a fleet of 668  aircraft,  including  285  self-owned  aircraft, 182 aircraft under finance lease and 201 aircraft under operating lease.

The following table sets forth key operating data for August 2018:

	August 2018	Year-on-Year Change (%)	Month-on- Month Change (%)	Cumulative 2018	Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)
I. Capacity
1. ATK (in million)1	3,298.7	8.0	0.4	25,679.6	10.8
Domestic	1,531.3	4.6	0.6	12,380.8	8.9
International	1,663.9	11.4	0.2	12,495.1	13.0
Regional	103.4	7.7	0.4	803.6	7.0
2. ASK (in million)2	23,847.2	9.5	0.1	181,472.8	12.0
Domestic	13,668.0	6.3	0.8	106,097.1	9.5
International	9,313.3	14.5	-1.0	68,817.4	16.5
Regional	865.9	10.8	1.3	6,558.3	8.3
3. AFTK (in million)3	1,148.4	5.4	1.1	9,303.7	8.8
Domestic	303.1	-1.1	0.2	2,831.8	7.0
International	823.6	8.3	1.5	6,285.9	9.8
Regional	21.7	-3.3	-3.1	186.0	2.6
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)4	2,419.1	9.4	2.6	18,153.4	10.2
Domestic	1,155.7	8.1	4.2	8,818.9	7.9
International	1,184.9	10.5	0.8	8,769.5	12.4
Regional	78.6	10.7	5.5	565.0	12.4
2. RPK (in million)5	20,053.3	11.1	4.5	146,923.2	11.4
Domestic	11,802.8	9.2	5.4	87,954.3	8.9
International	7,499.9	13.9	2.9	53,663.5	15.5
Regional	750.7	12.7	6.8	5,305.4	13.6
3. RFTK (in million)6	679.6	6.1	-0.7	5,191.4	7.7
Domestic	136.1	2.6	2.8	1,077.5	2.6
International	534.0	7.2	-1.6	4,040.0	9.2
Regional	9.5	-3.3	-1.2	73.8	1.7
4. Number of Passengers carried (in thousand)	9,895.8	9.4	5.3	73,048.8	9.2
Domestic	7,990.4	8.4	5.5	59,398.0	8.0
International	1,424.5	14.9	4.0	10,252.5	15.2
Regional	480.9	11.8	5.8	3,398.3	14.2
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)	159,577.8	5.3	0.8	1,235,212.8	5.1
Domestic	86,405.2	3.3	3.4	677,285.3	1.8
International	66,412.6	9.2	-2.3	505,294.1	10.4
Regional	6,760.0	-4.5	-0.6	52,633.4	0.6

	August 2018	Year-on-Year Change (%)	Month-on- Month Change (%)	Cumulative 2018	Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)
III.Load Factor
1. Passenger Load Factor (%)7	84.1	1.2	3.5	81.0	-0.5
Domestic	86.4	2.3	3.8	82.9	-0.5
International	80.5	-0.4	3.1	78.0	-0.7
Regional	86.7	1.5	4.4	80.9	3.8
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)8	59.2	0.4	-1.1	55.8	-0.6
Domestic	44.9	1.6	1.1	38.1	-1.6
International	64.8	-0.7	-2.0	64.3	-0.3
Regional	43.8	-0.0	0.9	39.7	-0.3
3. Overall Load Factor (%)9	73.3	0.9	1.6	70.7	-0.4
Domestic	75.5	2.4	2.7	71.2	-0.7
International	71.2	-0.6	0.4	70.2	-0.4
Regional	76.0	2.1	3.7	70.3	3.4

Notes:

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 freight tonne 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.

Board of Directors of Air China Limited Beijing, the PRC, 14 September, 2018

 

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