ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF MAY 2018

RNS Number : 5426R

Air China Ld

15 June 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 MAY 2018

The enclosed announcement (the “SSE Announcement”) was published by Air China Limited (the “Air China”) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 14 June 2018, which contains combined operating data for May 2018 for Air China and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”).

This announcement enclosing the SSE Announcement is made by Air China pursuant to Rule

13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Listing Rules and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined in the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the SFO. 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.

This announcement enclosing the SSE Announcement is made by Air China pursuant to Rule 13.09 and Rule 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 "SFO").

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
Zhou Feng     Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 14 June 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Xue Yasong, 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 MAY 2018

In May 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 year but recorded a slight decline compared to the same period last month. Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers (the "ASK")) and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 12.6% and 11.6% respectively. For domestic routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 10.6% and 7.9%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. For international routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 16.3% and 17.4%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes increased by 8.0%, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 17.8%, as compared to the same period last year. The overall passenger load factor was 78.0%, representing a decrease of 0.7 percentage points as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor for domestic route decreased by 2 percentage points, and that for international and regional routes increased by 0.7 and 6.6 percentage points respectively.

The Company launched a Tianjin-Mount Wuyi route (five times a week) and Beijing-Copenhagenon (four times a week) on 18 May 2018 and 30 May 2018 respectively.

In terms of cargo operations, in May 2018, cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) and freight tonnage carried recorded increase on both year-on-year and month-on-month basis. Cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 7.8% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic increased by 5.6% and the volume of cargo and mail carried increased by 4.2% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo load factor was 57.6% in May 2018, representing a year-on-year decrease of 1.2 percentage points.

In May 2018, the Group introduced four aircraft in total, including one B737MAX, one B737-800, one B777-300ER and one A330, and retired one B737-800 aircraft. As at the end of May 2018, the Group operated a fleet of 661 aircraft, including 282 self-owned aircraft, 178 aircraft under finance lease and 201 aircraft under operating lease.

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

	May 2018	Year-on-Year Change (%)	Month-on- Month Change (%)	Cumulative 2018	Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)
I. Capacity
1. ATK (in million)1	3,255.8	10.8	0.7	15,939.2	11.1
Domestic	1,558.2	9.5	1.0	7,834.8	8.5
International	1,598.0	12.3	0.4	7,606.1	14.3
Regional	99.6	6.4	2.2	498.2	5.8
2. ASK (in million)2	22,949.0	12.6	1.6	111,286.1	12.2
Domestic	13,420.9	10.6	2.2	65,812.8	9.1
International	8,713.9	16.3	0.6	41,451.1	17.9
Regional	814.3	8.0	2.7	4,022.2	6.9
3. AFTK (in million)3	1,185.8	7.8	-0.8	5,897.1	9.4
Domestic	350.9	6.3	-3.1	1,911.4	6.7
International	811.8	8.7	0.1	3,865.9	11.0
Regional	23.1	1.3	1.3	119.8	2.4
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)4	2,284.3	9.8	-1.4	11,107.8	10.7
Domestic	1,095.1	7.4	-1.3	5,462.6	7.2
International	1,119.3	11.8	-1.6	5,303.1	14.3
Regional	69.9	15.9	0.6	342.0	13.4
2. RPK (in million)5	17,905.1	11.6	-2.7	89,649.8	11.4
Domestic	10,710.5	7.9	-2.1	54,246.2	8.3
International	6,547.2	17.4	-3.8	32,201.4	16.6
Regional	647.4	17.8	-0.3	3,202.1	14.5
3. RFTK (in million)6	683.5	5.6	1.0	3,163.5	9.4
Domestic	139.1	2.9	2.4	668.9	1.1
International	534.8	6.5	0.6	2,449.3	12.0
Regional	9.6	0.6	3.9	45.2	3.4

	May 2018	Year-on-Year Change (%)	Month-on- Month Change (%)	Cumulative 2018	Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)
4. Number of Passengers carried (in thousand)	8,901.0	8.0	-2.8	44,803.1	8.7
Domestic	7,264.5	5.9	-2.5	36,557.9	7.5
International	1,228.2	19.5	-4.8	6,195.4	14.3
Regional	408.3	16.3	-2.6	2,049.8	15.5
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)	160,158.8	4.2	0.9	757,910.0	4.8
Domestic	87,113.8	1.7	2.0	419,099.6	-0.2
International	66,194.7	8.0	-1.0	306,493.3	12.8
Regional	6,850.3	0.4	5.4	32,317.1	2.2
III. Load Factor
1. Passenger Load Factor (%)7	78.0	-0.7	-3.4	80.6	-0.6
Domestic	79.8	-2.0	-3.5	82.4	-0.6
International	75.1	0.7	-3.5	77.7	-0.9
Regional	79.5	6.6	-2.4	79.6	5.3
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)8	57.6	-1.2	1.0	53.6	0.0
Domestic	39.6	-1.3	2.1	35.0	-1.9
International	65.9	-1.4	0.3	63.4	0.6
Regional	41.4	-0.3	1.0	37.7	0.4
3. Overall Load Factor (%)9	70.2	-0.6	-1.5	69.7	-0.3
Domestic	70.3	-1.4	-1.6	69.7	-0.9
International	70.0	-0.3	-1.4	69.7	0.0
Regional	70.2	5.8	-1.2	68.6	4.6

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

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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 June, 2018

 

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