TIDMAIRC
RNS Number : 1044L
Air China Ld
17 April 2018
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.
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 MARCH 2018
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, 13 April 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. 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 MARCH 2018
In March 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 as well as 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 13.7% and 14.7% respectively. For domestic
routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 9.3%
and 10.2%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year.
For international routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic
increased by 22.8% and 23.3%, respectively, as compared to the same
period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes increased
by 3.2%, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 15.9%, as
compared to the same period last year. The overall passenger load
factor was 81.8%, representing an increase of 0.7 percentage points
as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor
for domestic, international and regional routes increased by 0.7,
0.3 and 8.6 percentage points respectively.
In terms of cargo operations, in March 2018, cargo and mail
traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK"))
maintained growth as compared to the same period last year. Freight
tonnage carried recorded increase on both a year-on-year basis and
a month-on-month basis. Cargo capacity (measured by available
freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 11.3%
year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic increased by 7.7% and the
volume of cargo and mail carried decreased by 3.0% as compared to
the same period last year. The cargo load factor was 53.4% in March
2018, representing a year-on-year decrease of 1.8 percentage
points.
In March 2018, the Group introduced one A320 and five B737
aircraft, and retired one A320 aircraft. As at the end of March
2018, the Group operated a fleet of 659 aircraft, including 278
self-owned aircraft, 179 aircraft under finance lease and 202
aircraft under operating lease.
The following table sets forth New Route for March 2018
Open route dates Route Schedule
Domestic routes
March 25 Tianjin-Harbin 7 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
Tianjin-Yinchuan 7 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
Chengdu-Huai'an 7 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
Hangzhou - Ulanqab 3 flights per week
- Hailar
----------------------- -------------------
Hangzhou - Xi'an 7 flights per week
- Karamay
----------------------- -------------------
Tianjin-Maotai-Kunming 3 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
Hohhot - Xi'an 7 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
Hohhot - Yancheng 7 flights per week
- Guiyang
----------------------- -------------------
Hohhot - Zhengzhou 7 flights per week
- Xiamen
----------------------- -------------------
Huizhou-Wuhan 7 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
March 26 Tianjin-Huizhou 5 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
Chengdu - Karamay 3 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
March 27 Chengdu - Aba - Lhasa 2 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
Shenzhen - Tianjin 2 flights per week
- Daqing
----------------------- -------------------
Dalian - Shijiazhuang 7 flights per week
- Yinchuan
----------------------- -------------------
Dalian - Zhengzhou 3 flights per week
- Guilin
----------------------- -------------------
March 28 Hohhot - Mianyang 3 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
March 29 Wenzhou-Dalian 3 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
International routes
March 25 Beijing-Barcelona 4 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
March 25 Beijing-Vienna 3 flights per week
----------------------- -------------------
The following table sets forth key operating data for March
2018:
Year-on-
Year-on- Month- Year
Year on- Cumulative
Change Month Change
March (%) Change Cumulative (%)
2018 (%) 2018
I. Capacity
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
1. ATK (in million)1 3,271.6 12.8 9.7 9,449.8 10.5
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 1,638.6 8.8 6.4 4,735.4 8.2
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 1,535.6 18.1 14.7 4,416.7 13.6
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 97.3 3.5 -5.5 297.7 4.7
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
2. ASK (in million)2 22,711.3 13.7 8.6 65,741.9 11.0
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 13,579.7 9.3 7.3 39,280.8 8.2
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 8,358.2 22.8 12.6 24,080.1 16.4
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 773.4 3.2 -6.3 2,381.0 5.0
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
3. AFTK (in million)3 1,222.8 11.3 11.6 3,518.7 9.8
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 416.8 7.1 3.9 1,201.4 7.9
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 781.2 14.0 16.8 2,243.4 11.0
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 24.7 5.7 -2.7 73.9 4.1
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
II. Traffic
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
1. RTK (in million)4 2,311.0 12.5 16.4 6,504.7 9.8
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 1,154.5 8.5 12.7 3,257.5 6.4
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 1,089.5 16.9 21.9 3,046.8 13.6
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 66.9 14.8 0.1 200.4 11.2
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
2. RPK (in million)5 18,573.0 14.7 7.4 53,332.8 9.7
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 11,386.8 10.2 6.0 32,597.1 7.4
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 6,576.5 23.3 11.6 18,851.3 13.7
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 609.8 15.9 -7.3 1,884.4 11.7
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
3. RFTK (in million)6 653.2 7.7 34.3 1,802.2 10.8
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 139.6 -1.5 40.5 393.1 1.5
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 503.3 10.6 32.3 1,382.9 13.9
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 10.2 8.5 56.6 26.3 6.1
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Year-on-
Year-on- Month- Year
Year on- Cumulative
Change Month Change
March (%) Change Cumulative (%)
2018 (%) 2018
4. Number of Passengers
carried (in thousand) 9,358.8 11.4 6.6 26,731.2 7.8
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 7,682.9 9.8 7.1 21,840.8 7.1
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 1,293.2 20.8 9.4 3,687.5 10.4
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 382.7 14.8 -10.9 1,202.9 12.9
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
5. Total Cargo and Mail
carried (in tonnes) 158,717.9 3.0 38.4 438,550.7 5.5
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 87,612.8 -1.7 39.8 246,193.7 0.1
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 63,720.5 9.7 34.4 173,393.6 14.3
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 7,384.6 7.3 59.2 18,963.4 5.5
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
III. Load Factor
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
1. Passenger Load
Factor
(%)7 81.8 0.7 -0.9 81.1 -0.9
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 83.9 0.7 -1.0 83.0 -0.6
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 78.7 0.3 -0.7 78.3 -1.9
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 78.8 8.6 -0.9 79.1 4.7
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
2. Cargo and Mail Load
Factor (%)8 53.4 -1.8 9.0 51.2 0.5
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 33.5 -2.9 8.7 32.7 -2.1
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 64.4 -2.0 7.5 61.6 1.6
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 41.5 1.1 15.7 35.7 0.7
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
3. Overall Load Factor
(%)9 70.6 -0.2 4.0 68.8 -0.4
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Domestic 70.5 -0.2 3.9 68.8 -1.1
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
International 70.9 -0.7 4.2 69.0 0.0
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
Regional 68.8 6.7 3.8 67.3 3.9
-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
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
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, 13 April, 2018
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END
MSCIRMTTMBJBMTP
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 17, 2018 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)
Air China Ld (LSE:AIRC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2024 to May 2024
Air China Ld (LSE:AIRC)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2023 to May 2024