ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF MAY 2024

Air China Ld

18 June 2024

 

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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 2024

The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 17 June 2024, which contains combined operating data for May 2024 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

Xiao Feng   Huen Ho Yin

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 17 June 2024

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 2024

In May 2024, 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 13.9%, and a month-on-month increase of 5.1%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 30.9% and a month-on-month increase of 4.5%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity decreased by 4.8% year on year and increased by 4.4% month on month, and passenger traffic increased by 9.7% year on year and increased by 6.3% month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 120.0% and increased by 7.3% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 181.1% and increased by 0.6% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by 36.0% and increased by 1.3% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 55.4% year on year and a decrease of 4.7% month on month. The passenger load factor was 78.3%, representing an increase of 10.2 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and a decrease of 0.5 percentage point as compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 10.7 percentage points year on year and increased by 1.4 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by 15.8 percentage points and decreased by 4.8 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 8.7 percentage points year on year and decreased by 4.4 percentage points month on month.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 26.7% year on year and increased by 6.1% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased by 70.7% year on year and increased by 11.1% month on month. The cargo load factor was 39.9%, representing a year-on-year increase of 10.3 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of 1.8 percentage points.

In May 2024, the Group introduced one ARJ21-700 aircraft. As at the end of May 2024, the Group operated a fleet of 915 aircraft, including 407 self-owned aircraft, 212 aircraft under finance lease and 296 aircraft under operating lease.

From May 6, 2024, the Company added Beijing Capital-Riyadh route (three flights per week).

From May 17, 2024, the Company resumed Beijing Capital-Madrid-Havana route (two flights per week).

The following table sets forth key operating data of May 2024:

	May 2024	Year-on-Year Change (%)1	Month-on-Month Change (%)1	Cumulative 2024	Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
I. Capacity
1. ATK (in million)2	3,656.5	17.3	5.4	18,089.2	36.7
Domestic	2,362.7	-5.0	4.7	12,196.7	7.4
International	1,187.9	116.5	7.2	5,382.5	244.1
Regional	105.8	31.2	1.9	510.0	67.2
2. ASK (in million)3	29,146.1	13.9	5.1	143,061.4	31.0
Domestic	20,294.5	-4.8	4.4	102,744.3	6.2
International	7,976.7	120.0	7.3	36,142.3	263.5
Regional	874.9	36.0	1.3	4,174.9	69.1
3. AFTK (in million)4	1,028.9	26.7	6.1	5,193.4	53.2
Domestic	536.7	-5.9	5.6	2,951.5	11.2
International	468.7	111.5	6.9	2,125.7	218.1
Regional	23.4	18.3	4.6	116.3	70.2
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)5	2,438.5	36.2	5.6	11,786.5	54.5
Domestic	1,593.6	10.8	6.4	7,909.6	19.8
International	782.5	152.0	4.7	3,574.2	312.9
Regional	62.4	53.8	-3.5	302.8	88.1
2. RPK (in million)6	22,828.8	30.9	4.5	113,234.8	47.6
Domestic	16,438.7	9.7	6.3	82,666.1	19.3
International	5,781.8	181.1	0.6	27,571.4	371.0
Regional	608.2	55.4	-4.7	2,997.3	91.8
3. RFTK (in million)7	410.8	70.7	11.1	1,825.8	117.4
Domestic	136.9	25.4	8.7	657.3	36.8
International	268.1	110.0	12.5	1,143.0	229.5
Regional	5.8	51.6	6.1	25.5	106.1

	May 2024	Year-on-Year Change (%)1	Month-on-Month Change (%)1	Cumulative 2024	Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
4. Number of Passengers carried (in thousand)	12,690.5	19.7	5.7	62,418.0	31.4
Domestic	10,988.2	10.7	6.9	54,371.2	19.8
International	1,320.2	205.7	-0.8	6,177.6	428.5
Regional	382.1	55.8	-4.8	1,869.3	92.8
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)	125,194.7	45.2	9.7	577,322.3	65.4
Domestic	81,924.0	24.1	9.5	391,240.3	35.2
International	39,645.6	123.8	10.3	170,017.1	232.4
Regional	3,625.1	45.3	5.5	16,064.9	91.5
III. Load Factor
1.  Passenger Load Factor (%)8	78.3	10.2	-0.5	79.2	8.9
Domestic	81.0	10.7	1.4	80.5	8.8
International	72.5	15.8	-4.8	76.3	17.4
Regional	69.5	8.7	-4.4	71.8	8.5
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)9	39.9	10.3	1.8	35.2	10.4
Domestic	25.5	6.4	0.7	22.3	4.2
International	57.2	-0.4	2.9	53.8	1.9
Regional	25.0	5.5	0.4	21.9	3.8
3. Overall Load Factor (%)10	66.7	9.3	0.1	65.2	7.5
Domestic	67.4	9.6	1.1	64.9	6.8
International	65.9	9.3	-1.6	66.4	11.1
Regional	59.0	8.6	-3.3	59.4	6.6

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

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, 17 June 2024

 

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