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Air China Ld
16 November 2021
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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 OCTOBER 2021
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited ("Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
on 15 November 2021, which contains combined operating data of Air
China and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Group") for October
2021. 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 November 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the
Company are Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr.
Patrick Healy, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. Duan Hongyi*, 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 OCTOBER 2021
In October 2021, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its
subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year-on-year decrease 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 decrease of 17.2% and a month-on-month increase of
9.2% while passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year decrease of
23.6% and a month-on-month increase of 13.0%, respectively. Among
which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity decreased by 16.1%
as compared to the same period last year and increased by 9.6% as
compared to the previous month, and passenger traffic decreased by
23.0% as compared to the same period last year and increased by
14.2% as compared to the previous month. For international routes,
passenger capacity decreased by 37.4% as compared to the same
period last year and increased by 34.0% as compared to the previous
month, and passenger traffic decreased by 40.7% and 4.9% as
compared to the same period last year and the previous month,
respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity decreased by
49.0% and 51.6% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded a
year-on-year decrease of 56.2% and a month-on-month decrease of
63.2%. The overall passenger load factor was 68.9%, representing a
decrease of 5.8 percentage points as compared to the same period
last year but an increase of 2.3 percentage points as compared to
the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for
domestic routes decreased by 6.3 percentage points as compared to
the same period last year but increased by 2.8 percentage points as
compared to the previous month. The passenger load factor for
international routes decreased by 2.3 percentage points as compared
to the same period last year and decreased by 17.2 percentage
points as compared to the previous month. The passenger load factor
for regional routes decreased by 6.1 percentage points year on year
and decreased by 11.6 percentage points month on month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by
available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 3.5%
year on year and increased by 26.4% month on month. Cargo and mail
traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK"))
increased by 4.6% year on year and increased by 6.2% month on
month. The volume of cargo and mail carried decreased by 10.0% as
compared to the same period last year but increased by 1.9% as
compared to the previous month. The cargo load factor was 38.9%,
representing a year-on-year increase of 3.0 percentage points but a
month-on-month decrease of 7.4 percentage points.
In October 2021, the Group introduced two A321NEO aircraft and
two A320NEO aircraft. As at the end of October 2021, the Group
operated a fleet of 738 aircraft, including 299 self-owned
aircraft, 232 aircraft under finance lease and 207 aircraft under
operating lease.
The new routes opened in October 2021 are as follows:
Route Flight Frequency Start Date
Beijing Daxing International seven flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (PKX) - Quzhou
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Beijing Daxing International seven flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (PKX) - Shangrao
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Beijing Capital International four flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (PEK) - Shangrao
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Beijing Capital International seven flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (PEK) - Lvliang
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Hohhot - Yinchuan (ARJ) seven flights per week 31 October 2021
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Hohhot - Ulanhot (ARJ) seven flights per week 31 October 2021
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Chengdu Tianfu International seven flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (TFU) - Nantong
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Chengdu Tianfu International seven flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (TFU) - Quzhou
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Chengdu Tianfu International seven flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (TFU) - Quanzhou
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Chengdu Shuangliu International three flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (CTU) - Dongying
- Harbin
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Shanghai Pudong International seven flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (PVG) - Zhanjiang
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Shanghai Pudong International seven flights per week 31 October 2021
Airport (PVG) - Jiamusi
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Dalian - Hefei - Nanning seven flights per week 31 October 2021
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The following table sets forth key operating data of October
2021:
Year-on-Year
October Year-on-Year Month- on-Month Cumulative Cumulative
2021 Change (%)(1) Change (%)(1) 2021 Change (%)(1)
I. Capacity
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
1. ATK (in million)(2) 2,273.6 -11.7 16.1 20,971.4 11.6
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 1,609.5 -17.4 13.0 15,025.8 25.4
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 649.1 7.6 27.9 5,659.0 -13.9
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 15.0 -37.4 -41.9 286.6 28.0
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
2. ASK (in million)(3) 14,128.4 -17.2 9.2 134,409.0 7.7
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 13,656.8 -16.1 9.6 128,865.7 21.9
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 380.6 -37.4 34.0 3,529.9 -80.0
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 91.1 -49.0 -51.6 2,013.5 33.8
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
3. AFTK (in million)(4) 1,002.0 -3.5 26.4 8,867.1 17.5
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 381.0 -21.2 25.6 3,437.2 38.3
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 614.8 12.1 27.6 5,341.4 7.2
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 6.2 -1.0 -16.6 88.5 11.9
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
II. Traffic
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
1. RTK (in million)(5) 1,256.3 -16.6 10.3 11,824.3 11.9
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 964.3 -21.7 11.5 9,133.7 18.9
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 285.5 8.5 9.3 2,548.3 -8.5
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 6.4 -34.5 -49.1 142.3 49.1
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
2. RPK (in million)(6) 9,729.2 -23.6 13.0 93,507.0 6.3
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 9,535.3 -23.0 14.2 90,782.0 19.6
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 160.4 -40.7 -4.9 1,620.1 -85.7
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 33.4 -56.2 -63.2 1,104.9 43.1
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
3. RFTK (in million)(7) 390.2 4.6 6.2 3,524.8 26.3
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 115.7 -11.9 -1.3 1,087.6 12.1
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 271.3 13.3 10.1 2,404.6 33.6
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 3.2 41.7 -15.1 32.6 46.5
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
4. Number of Passengers
carried (in thousand) 6,488.0 -23.3 15.2 61,710.9 13.6
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 6,443.7 -23.0 16.0 60,789.1 17.6
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 24.3 -43.2 -7.1 259.5 -88.0
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 20.1 -58.4 -60.7 662.3 33.4
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
5. Total Cargo and
Mail carried (in
tonnes) 104,945.1 -10.0 1.9 994,699.2 13.3
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 71,621.0 -13.9 -0.2 670,802.3 9.4
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 31,530.7 -1.4 8.7 303,702.9 21.8
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 1,793.5 18.1 -16.9 20,194.0 30.2
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
III. Load Factor
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
1. Passenger Load
Factor (%)(8) 68.9 -5.8 2.3 69.6 -0.9
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 69.8 -6.3 2.8 70.4 -1.4
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 42.2 -2.3 -17.2 45.9 -18.3
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 36.7 -6.1 -11.6 54.9 3.6
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
2. Cargo and Mail
Load Factor (%)(9) 38.9 3.0 -7.4 39.8 2.8
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 30.4 3.2 -8.3 31.6 -7.4
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 44.1 0.5 -7.0 45.0 8.9
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 50.8 15.3 0.9 36.8 8.7
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
3. Overall Load Factor
(%)(10) 55.3 -3.2 -2.9 56.4 0.1
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Domestic 59.9 -3.4 -0.8 60.8 -3.3
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
International 44.0 0.4 -7.5 45.0 2.7
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
Regional 43.0 1.9 -6.1 49.7 7.0
---------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------
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, 15 November 2021
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