UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of December 2019

Commission File Number: 001-14550

 

 

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Board Secretariat’s Office

5/F, Block A2, Northern District, CEA Building

36 Hongxiang 3rd Road, Minhang District

Shanghai, China 200335

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
   

(Registrant)

Date December 17, 2019     By  

/s/ Wang Jian

     

Name: Wang Jian

Title: Company Secretary

 

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Certain statements contained in this announcement may be regarded as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this announcement represent the Company’s views as of the date of this announcement. While the Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s views to change, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, unless required by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this announcement.

 

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

 

  

 

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(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)

 

(Stock code: 00670)                                        

  
  
     

INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR NOVEMBER 2019

 

This overseas regulatory announcement is made 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 under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the “Company”) and all members of the board of directors confirm that the information contained in this announcement is true, accurate and complete, and no misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions are contained herein.

 

I.

OPERATIONS

In November 2019, the Company’s passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) increased by 10.6% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic and international routes increased by 7.81% and 18.32% year-on-year, respectively, and the passenger transportation capacity of its regional routes decreased by 16.4% year-on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 10.82% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic and international routes increased by 9.77% and 16.09% year-on-year, respectively, and the passenger traffic volume of its regional routes decreased by 25.31% year-on-year, mainly attributable to the decrease in passenger demand as affected by the situation in Hong Kong, and the reduction of route capacity in Hong Kong by the Company; and passenger load factor increased by 0.16 percentage points year-on-year to 80.1%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic routes increased by 1.47 percentage points year-on-year, and the passenger load factor of its international and regional routes decreased by 1.46 and 8.93 percentage points year-on-year, respectively.

In relation to freight transportation, the freight transportation business of the Company only consists of bellyhold space freight operated through passenger aircraft, and such business is under contractual operation by a subsidiary of the controlling shareholder of the Company. Freight load volume in November 2019 increased by 11.42% year-on-year.

 

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In November 2019, the Company launched new domestic routes such as Xi’an — Wuzhou — Sanya and Taiyuan — Yiwu, and new international and regional routes such as Lianyungang — Shizuoka and Nanjing — Macau.

 

II.

FLEET STRUCTURE

As at the end of November 2019, the Company operated a total of 712 aircraft, including 262 self-owned aircraft, 254 aircraft under finance lease and 196 aircraft under operating lease.

As at the end of November 2019, details of the fleet structure of the Company were as follows:

 

                               (Units)  
                 Under      Under         
No.    Model    Self-owned     

finance

lease

    

operating

lease

     Sub-total  
   Wide-body passenger aircraft      39        48        5        92  
1    B777 series      10        10        0        20  
2    B787 series      3        7        0        10  
3    A350 series      1        5        0        6  
4    A330 series      25        26        5        56  
   Narrow-body passenger aircraft      223        206        191        620  
5    A320 series      136        118        68        322  
6    B737 series      87        88        123        298  
Total         262        254        196        712  

Note: The 15 business aircraft self-owned by and held under trust of the Company were not included in the fleet.

 

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III.

MAJOR OPERATING DATA

 

     Amount
completed
in
November
2019
     Actual
amount
completed
in
November
2018
     Year-
on-year
increase
   

Total
amount
completed

in

November
2019

    

Total actual

amount
completed

in

November
2018

     Year-
on-year
increase
 

Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat-kilometres) (millions)

     22,598.11        20,431.43        10.60     247,411.73        223,510.63        10.69

— Domestic routes

     14,317.70        13,280.77        7.81     157,327.10        140,598.00        11.90

— International routes

     7,846.91        6,632.09        18.32     84,094.26        77,072.98        9.11

— Regional routes

     433.50        518.56        -16.40     5,990.38        5,839.65        2.58

RPK (revenue passenger-kilometres) (millions)

     18,101.19        16,333.62        10.82     203,331.31        184,465.80        10.23

— Domestic routes

     11,809.15        10,758.57        9.77     131,227.80        118,165.46        11.05

— International routes

     5,967.37        5,140.36        16.09     67,372.42        61,455.77        9.63

— Regional routes

     324.67        434.69        -25.31     4,731.08        4,844.57        -2.34

Number of passengers carried (thousands)

     10,659.82        9,967.65        6.94     119,619.77        111,171.97        7.60

— Domestic routes

     9,009.45        8,392.47        7.35     100,062.87        92,912.59        7.70

— International routes

     1,408.39        1,253.62        12.35     16,082.59        14,720.14        9.26

— Regional routes

     241.99        321.56        -24.75     3,474.30        3,539.24        -1.83

Passenger load factor (%)

     80.10        79.94        0.16 pts      82.18        82.53        -0.35 pts 

— Domestic routes

     82.48        81.01        1.47 pts      83.41        84.04        -0.63 pts 

— International routes

     76.05        77.51        -1.46 pts      80.12        79.74        0.38 pts 

— Regional routes

     74.90        83.83        -8.93 pts      78.98        82.96        -3.98 pts 

Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     799.77        656.59        21.81     8,334.35        7,191.08        15.90

— Domestic routes

     280.48        247.06        13.53     2,929.87        2,490.10        17.66

— International routes

     508.24        395.25        28.59     5,226.21        4,524.51        15.51

— Regional routes

     11.06        14.28        -22.55     178.27        176.48        1.02

RFTK (revenue freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     290.33        226.87        27.97     2,670.42        2,357.59        13.27

— Domestic routes

     89.10        83.46        6.75     855.90        799.78        7.02

— International routes

     199.16        140.86        41.39     1,787.74        1,525.44        17.20

— Regional routes

     2.07        2.55        -18.65     26.78        32.38        -17.31

Weight of freight carried (million kg)

     93.26        83.70        11.42     879.70        829.67        6.03

— Domestic routes

     63.76        60.93        4.63     605.73        582.26        4.03

— International routes

     27.68        20.56        34.64     251.23        219.58        14.41

— Regional routes

     1.83        2.21        -17.17     22.74        27.83        -18.27

 

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     Amount
completed
in
November
2019
     Actual
amount
completed
in
November
2018
     Year-
on-year
increase
   

Total
amount
completed

in

November
2019

    

Total
actual

amount
completed

in

November
2018

     Year-
on-year
increase
 

Freight load factor (%)

     36.30        34.55        1.75 pts      32.04        32.78        -0.74 pts 

— Domestic routes

     31.77        33.78        -2.02 pts      29.21        32.12        -2.91 pts 

— International routes

     39.19        35.64        3.55 pts      34.21        33.71        0.49 pts 

— Regional routes

     18.74        17.84        0.90 pts      15.02        18.35        -3.33 pts 

Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     2,833.60        2,495.42        13.55     30,601.41        27,307.04        12.06

— Domestic routes

     1,569.07        1,442.33        8.79     17,089.31        15,143.92        12.85

— International routes

     1,214.46        992.14        22.41     12,794.69        11,461.07        11.64

— Regional routes

     50.08        60.95        -17.84     717.41        702.05        2.19

RTK (revenue tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     1,906.13        1,684.77        13.14     20,577.12        18,615.29        10.54

— Domestic routes

     1,143.55        1,044.00        9.54     12,422.63        11,224.47        10.67

— International routes

     731.50        599.56        22.01     7,711.21        6,932.32        11.24

— Regional routes

     31.08        41.22        -24.60     443.29        458.51        -3.32

Overall load factor (%)

     67.27        67.51        -0.25 pts      67.24        68.17        -0.93 pts 

— Domestic routes

     72.88        72.38        0.50 pts      72.69        74.12        -1.43 pts 

— International routes

     60.23        60.43        -0.20 pts      60.27        60.49        -0.22 pts 

— Regional routes

     62.06        67.62        -5.56 pts      61.79        65.31        -3.52 pts 

 

Note:

Freight transportation data only contained data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft. The table does not contain data of cargo services.

 

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IV.

RISK ALERT

The board of directors of the Company hereby reminds investors that the operating data set forth above was compiled in accordance with the Company’s internal information which has not been audited and may be subject to adjustment. The operating data set forth above may differ from the data disclosed in any regular report for the relevant period. The Company reserves its rights to adjust the operating data based on audit findings and the actual situation. The monthly operating data disclosed by the Company only serves as preliminary and periodical data for investors’ reference. Investors are hereby reminded of the investment risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilization of the information above.

The data set forth above is published on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn), the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (www.hkex.com.hk) and the column “Investor Relations” under “About China Eastern Airlines — Get to know China Eastern Airlines” on the website of the Company (www.ceair.com).

 

  

By order of the Board

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED

Wang Jian

Company Secretary

Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China

16 December 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Li Yangmin (Vice Chairman), Tang Bing (Director), Lin Wanli (Independent non-executive Director), Li Ruoshan (Independent non-executive Director), Ma Weihua (Independent non-executive Director), Shao Ruiqing (Independent non-executive Director), Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director) and Yuan Jun (Employee Representative Director).

 

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