ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF JULY 2023

Air China Ld

16 August 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 JULY 2023

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

In July 2023, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year- on-year 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 89.6% and a month-on-month increase of 13.9%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 115.9% and a month-on-month increase of 18.1%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity increased by 56.1% year on year and increased by 13.5% month on month, and passenger traffic increased by 78.2% year on year and increased by 15.9% month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 1,499.1% year on year and increased by 16.2% month on month, and passenger traffic increased by 2,033.4% year on year and increased by 28.7% month on month. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by 1,892.6% year on year and increased by 13.3% month on month, and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 4,768.8% and a month-on-month increase of 28.7%. The passenger load factor was 75.4%, representing a year on- year increase of 9.2 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of 2.7 percentage points. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 9.4 percentage points year on year and increased by 1.6 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by 18.2 percentage points year on year and increased by 7.1 percentage points month on month, and the passenger load factor for regional routes increased by 44.3 percentage points year on year and increased by 9.0 percentage points month on month.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 17.3% year on year and increased by 9.4% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) decreased by 5.7% year on year and increased by 0.2% month on month. The cargo load factor was 32.7%, representing a year-on-year decrease of 8.0 percentage points and a month-on-month decrease of 3.0 percentage points.

In July 2023, the Group introduced one ARJ21-700 aircraft. As at the end of July 2023, the Group operated a fleet of 903 aircraft, including 363 self-owned aircraft, 234 aircraft under finance lease and 306 aircraft under operating lease.

The new routes opened in July 2023 are as follows:

Route	Flight Frequency	Start Date
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) - Xi'an	seven flights per week	1 July 2023
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) - Manila	three flights per week	2 July 2023
Wuhan - Dazhou	three flights per week	11 July 2023
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) - Kuala Lumpur	four flights per week	19 July 2023
Chongqing - Singapore	four flights per week	23 July 2023

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

	July 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	3,508.8	64.8	12.7	19,855.7	61.6
Domestic	2,686.7	64.0	12.6	16,433.2	116.4
International	733.5	53.4	13.4	2,948.3	-35.0
Regional	88.7	551.4	10.2	474.2	207.7
2. ASK (in million)3	29,368.2	89.6	13.9	164,344.9	137.0
Domestic	23,639.0	56.1	13.5	141,258.3	112.2
International	4,985.2	1,499.1	16.2	19,216.9	903.3
Regional	744.0	1,892.6	13.3	3,869.8	353.0
3. AFTK (in million)4	864.8	17.3	9.4	5,049.2	-16.4
Domestic	562.3	102.8	9.8	3,728.1	132.2
International	283.9	-36.9	9.2	1,215.7	-72.2
Regional	18.6	83.2	-0.1	105.5	49.6

	July 2023	Year-on- Year Change (%)1	Month-on- Month Change (%)1	Cumulative 2023	Year-on- Year Cumulative Change (%)1
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)5	2,187.7	83.9	12.7	11,755.3	85.9
Domestic	1,653.8	71.5	10.6	9,749.8	123.5
International	478.6	117.1	19.5	1,744.9	-8.0
Regional	55.3	1,107.3	24.7	260.6	307.5
2. RPK (in million)6	22,135.7	115.9	18.1	117,604.7	169.9
Domestic	17,948.6	78.2	15.9	102,747.7	142.2
International	3,628.8	2,033.4	28.7	12,302.6	1,543.0
Regional	558.3	4,768.8	28.7	2,554.5	539.8
3. RFTK (in million)7	282.9	-5.7	0.2	1,405.2	-43.2
Domestic	111.8	23.1	-11.2	718.3	15.9
International	167.0	-18.8	9.4	666.5	-63.6
Regional	4.0	14.5	2.9	20.4	-17.1
4. Number of Passengers carried (in thousand)	12,796.8	98.3	15.8	71,365.1	153.9
Domestic	11,691.4	82.2	14.7	67,265.1	142.5
International	754.3	2,274.9	28.8	2,509.0	1,766.4
Regional	351.1	5,477.7	29.7	1,591.1	582.4
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)	93,635.8	13.7	-5.6	541,829.1	-11.0
Domestic	67,249.4	24.2	-11.2	432,423.3	16.8
International	23,732.4	-8.4	13.2	95,830.5	-57.0
Regional	2,654.0	14.7	4.8	13,575.3	-12.7

	July 2023	Year-on- Year Change (%)1	Month-on- Month Change (%)1	Cumulative 2023	Year-on- Year Cumulative Change (%)1
III. Load Factor
1.  Passenger Load Factor (%)8	75.4	9.2	2.7	71.6	8.7
Domestic	75.9	9.4	1.6	72.7	9.0
International	72.8	18.2	7.1	64.0	24.9
Regional	75.0	44.3	9.0	66.0	19.3
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)9	32.7	-8.0	-3.0	27.8	-13.1
Domestic	19.9	-12.9	-4.7	19.3	-19.3
International	58.8	13.2	0.1	54.8	12.9
Regional	21.8	-13.1	0.6	19.3	-15.5
3. Overall Load Factor (%)10	62.3	6.5	0.0	59.2	7.7
Domestic	61.6	2.7	-1.1	59.3	1.9
International	65.3	19.1	3.3	59.2	17.4
Regional	62.3	28.7	7.3	55.0	13.5

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 Co., Ltd (the "Shandong Aviation Group"), and Shandong Aviation Group and its subsidiaries within the scope of consolidation, including Shandong Airlines Co., Ltd., 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 Co., Ltd., and the historical data in the tables will be 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 August 2023

 

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