ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF MAY 2023

Air China Ld

16 June 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 MAY 2023

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

In May 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 329.1% and a month-on-month increase of 5.3%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 410.5% and a month-on-month increase of 1.7%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity increased by 274.4% year on year and increased by 2.8% month on month, and passenger traffic increased by 355.9% year on year and decreased by 0.2% month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 1,621.6% and increased by 22.5% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 1,818.6% and increased by 17.7% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by 1,004.4% and increased by 8.5% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 1,832.9% year on year and an increase of 1.3% month on month. The passenger load factor was 68.2%, representing an increase of 10.9 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and a decrease of 2.4 percentage points as compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 12.6 percentage points year on year and decreased by 2.1 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by 5.8 percentage points and decreased by 2.3 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 26.1 percentage points year on year and decreased by 4.3 percentage points month on month.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK") increased by 2.2% year on year and increased by 5.4% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK") decreased by 34.7% year on year and increased by 27.5% month on month. The cargo load factor was 29.6%, representing a year-on-year decrease of 16.7 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of 5.1 percentage points.

In May 2023, the Group introduced two A350 aircraft and one ARJ21-700 aircraft. As at the end of May 2023, the Group operated a fleet of 899 aircraft, including 347 self-owned aircraft, 247 aircraft under finance lease and 305 aircraft under operating lease.

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

	May 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	3,117.4	134.1	5.3	13,234.3	54.7
Domestic	2,488.2	281.0	1.9	11,361.3	128.5
International	548.6	-17.3	23.8	1,568.0	-54.6
Regional	80.6	419.1	8.0	305.0	145.4
2. ASK (in million)3	25,588.3	329.1	5.3	109,196.2	146.0
Domestic	21,319.5	274.4	2.8	96,785.4	128.9
International	3,625.7	1,621.6	22.5	9,941.7	633.1
Regional	643.1	1,004.4	8.5	2,469.1	228.8
3. AFTK (in million)4	811.9	2.2	5.4	3,393.7	-25.5
Domestic	570.5	305.0	-0.9	2,653.5	127.0
International	221.6	-65.6	25.5	671.9	-79.9
Regional	19.8	101.4	8.2	68.3	35.2
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)5	1,789.9	165.4	4.7	7,627.3	79.7
Domestic	1,438.8	287.7	0.6	6,600.6	136.9
International	310.5	4.2	29.1	865.7	-38.4
Regional	40.6	641.7	3.4	161.0	202.1
2. RPK (in million)6	17,438.6	410.5	1.7	76,729.4	181.2
Domestic	14,990.7	355.9	-0.2	69,313.0	161.9
International	2,056.6	1,818.6	17.7	5,854.0	1,202.6
Regional	391.3	1,832.9	1.3	1,562.4	329.8
3. RFTK (in million)7	240.7	-34.7	27.5	839.9	-53.9
Domestic	109.2	42.5	9.3	480.6	8.9
International	127.7	-55.7	48.6	346.9	-74.6
Regional	3.9	10.8	31.4	12.4	-28.4

	May 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)	10,603.2	382.5	0.8	47,518.9	167.7
Domestic	9,926.1	357.8	0.0	45,380.7	159.9
International	431.9	2,298.8	23.1	1,168.9	1,341.3
Regional	245.3	2,132.5	0.7	969.4	354.7
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)	86,215.2	2.4	14.9	348,988.3	-20.7
Domestic	66,003.1	43.7	9.0	289,458.2	9.6
International	17,716.7	-50.9	41.7	51,140.6	-69.0
Regional	2,495.5	16.9	26.2	8,389.5	-23.0
III. Load Factor
1. Passenger Load Factor (%)8	68.2	10.9	-2.4	70.3	8.8
Domestic	70.3	12.6	-2.1	71.6	9.0
International	56.7	5.8	-2.3	58.9	25.7
Regional	60.8	26.1	-4.3	63.3	14.9
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)9	29.6	-16.7	5.1	24.7	-15.3
Domestic	19.1	-35.3	1.8	18.1	-19.6
International	57.6	12.9	8.9	51.6	10.7
Regional	19.5	-15.9	3.4	18.1	-16.1
3. Overall Load Factor (%)10	57.4	6.8	-0.4	57.6	8.0
Domestic	57.8	1.0	-0.8	58.1	2.1
International	56.6	11.7	2.4	55.2	14.6
Regional	50.3	15.1	-2.2	52.8	9.9

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 21 March 2023, the Company has gained control over Shandong Aviation Group Company Limited (the "Shandong Aviation Group Corporation"), and Shandong Aviation Group Corporation 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 22 March 2023. The Company's interim announcements and periodic reports shall include relevant fleet information and operational data of Shandong Airlines Co., Ltd., 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 June 2023

 

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