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RNS Number : 4898Z
Air China Ld
15 March 2017
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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 FEBRUARY 2017
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement")
was published by Air China Limited (the "Air China")
on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 14 March 2017,
which contains combined operating data for February
2017 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.
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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
Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui
Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 14 March 2017
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the
Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Cao Jianxiong,
Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr.
Pan Xiaojiang*, Mr. Simon To Chi Keung*, 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 FEBRUARY 2017
In February 2017, Air China Limited (the "Company"), and its
subsidiaries (the "Group") continued to record an increase in
combined passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger
kilometres (the "RPK")) as compared to the same period last year,
with slight decrease as compared to the same period last month.
Compared to the same period last year, passenger capacity (measured
by available seat kilometres (the "ASK")) increased by 0.9%, and
passenger traffic increased by 3.6%. For domestic routes, passenger
capacity and passenger traffic increased by 2.1% and 4.4%,
respectively, as compared to the same period last year. For
international routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic
increased 1.7% and 5.1%, respectively, as compared to the same
period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes decreased
by 19.0%, and passenger traffic saw a decline of 19.3%, as compared
to the same period last year. The overall passenger load factor was
83.4%, an increase of 2.1 percentage points compared to the same
period last year. The passenger load factor for domestic and
international routes grew by 2.0 percentage points and 2.6
percentage points respectively while the passenger load factor for
regional routes saw a decrease of 0.3 percentage points.
In terms of cargo operations, in February 2017, both the cargo
and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometres (the
"RFTK")) and freight tonnage carried displayed growth on a
year-on-year basis, but recorded a decrease on a month-on-month
basis. Cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne
kilometres (the "AFTK")) declined by 1.7% year-on-year. Cargo and
mail traffic increased by 11.7% and the volume of cargo and mail
carried rose by 18.3% as compared to the same period last year. The
cargo load factor was 46.8% in February 2017, representing a
year-on-year growth of 5.6 percentage points.
In February 2017, the Group introduced two A320 series aircraft,
one B787-9 aircraft and one B737-800 aircraft. As at the end of
February 2017, the Group operated a fleet of 628 aircraft,
including 260 self-owned aircraft, 172 aircraft under finance lease
and 196 aircraft under operating lease.
The following table sets forth the key operating data for
February 2017:
Year-
Year- Month- on-Year
on-Year on-Month Cumulative
February Change Change Cumulative Change
2017 (%) (%) 2017 (%)
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
I. Capacity
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
1. ATK (in millions)(1) 2,675.4 -0.1 -9.9 5,648.5 3.6
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 1,387.6 4.7 -6.1 2,869.6 10.0
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 1,197.7 -3.4 -13.9 2,588.5 -1.4
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 90.2 -19.7 -10.0 190.3 -12.4
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
2. ASK (in millions)(2) 18,700.9 0.9 -8.8 39,257.6 4.4
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 11,490.4 2.1 -6.7 23,860.7 6.5
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 6,489.1 1.7 -12.2 13,879.8 3.1
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 721.5 -19.0 -9.3 1,517.2 -12.1
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
3. AFTK (in millions)(3) 987.9 -1.7 -11.7 2,106.3 2.3
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 353.8 13.1 -4.3 723.3 22.0
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 611.9 -7.8 -15.4 1,335.5 -5.3
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 22.2 -23.1 -12.3 47.5 -14.1
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
II. Traffic
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
1. RTK (in millions)(4) 1,836.3 5.9 -9.5 3,867.8 6.6
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 967.3 7.2 -5.8 1,996.3 8.5
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 811.1 6.4 -13.6 1,749.5 5.8
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 57.9 -16.0 -9.5 122.0 -9.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
2. RPK (in millions)(5) 15,605.5 3.6 -6.9 32,409.4 7.3
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 9,811.3 4.4 -3.3 19,997.5 8.7
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 5,239.2 5.1 -12.8 11,250.6 6.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 554.9 -19.3 -8.5 1,161.2 -11.1
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
3. RFTK (in millions)(6) 462.8 11.7 -16.9 1,019.4 5.2
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 106.7 26.8 -23.0 245.2 7.3
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 349.1 7.8 -14.8 758.9 4.7
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 6.9 13.6 -16.7 15.3 -3.6
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
4. Number of Passengers
carried (in thousands) 7,986.6 2.8 -4.7 16,397.8 7.2
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 6,557.8 4.4 -3.7 13,396.4 8.7
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 1,078.2 3.1 -9.5 2,269.1 5.7
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 350.5 -19.8 -8.2 732.3 -10.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
5. Total Cargo and
Mail carried (in tonnes) 115,991.2 18.3 -20.3 261,404.4 5.8
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 67,617.9 23.6 -24.1 156,647.4 6.1
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 43,491.0 10.5 -13.6 93,828.2 5.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 4,882.2 21.1 -19.3 10,928.8 0.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
III. Load Factor
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
1. Passenger Load Factor
(%)(7) 83.4 2.1 1.6 82.6 2.2
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 85.4 2.0 3.0 83.8 1.8
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 80.7 2.6 -0.6 81.1 2.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 76.9 -0.3 0.7 76.5 0.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
2. Cargo and Mail Load
Factor (%)(8) 46.8 5.6 -2.9 48.4 1.3
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 30.2 3.3 -7.4 33.9 -4.6
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 57.1 8.2 0.4 56.8 5.4
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 31.3 10.1 -1.7 32.1 3.5
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
3. Overall Load Factor
(%)(9) 68.6 3.9 0.3 68.5 1.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Domestic 69.7 1.7 0.2 69.6 -0.9
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
International 67.7 6.2 0.2 67.6 4.6
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Regional 64.3 2.9 0.4 64.1 1.8
-------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ---------- -----------
Notes:
1. "ATK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available
for transportation multiplied by the kilometres flown
2. "ASK(s)" refers to the number of seats available for sale
multiplied by the kilometres flown
3. "AFTK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity
available for the carriage of cargo and mail multiplied by the
kilometres flown
4. "RTK(s)" refers to the revenue load (passenger and cargo) in
tonnes multiplied by the kilometres flown
5. "RPK(s)" refers to the number of revenue passengers carried
multiplied by the kilometres flown
6. "RFTK(s)" refers to the revenue cargo and mail load in tonnes
multiplied by the kilometres flown
7. "Passenger Load Factor" refers to revenue passenger
kilometres expressed as a percentage of available seat
kilometres
8. "Cargo and Mail Load Factor" refers to revenue freight tonne
kilometres expressed as a percentage of available seat
kilometres
9. "Overall Load Factor" refers to RTK expressed as a percentage
of available tonne kilometres
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.
By Order of the Board
Rao Xinyu
Board Secretary
Beijing, the PRC, 14 March 2017
This information is provided by RNS
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