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Air China Ld
16 June 2022
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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 MAY 2022
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange on 15 June 2022, which contains combined operating data
for May 2022 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 Huang Bin Huen Ho Yin Joint Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 15 June 2022
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. 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 2022
In May 2022, 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 69.7% and a month-on-month increase of
34.9%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year decrease of 77.7%
and a month-on-month increase of 37.6%. Among which, for domestic
routes, passenger capacity decreased by 70.1% year on year and
increased by 37.3% month on month, and passenger traffic decreased
by 78.1% year on year and increased by 39.7% month on month. For
international routes, passenger capacity decreased by 43.4% and
increased by 7.8% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic decreased by
33.5% and increased by 10.8% as compared to the same period last
year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes,
passenger capacity decreased by 80.3% and decreased by 11.4% as
compared to the same period last year and the previous month,
respectively, and passenger traffic recorded a decrease of 88.8%
year on year and a decrease of 16.6% month on month. The overall
passenger load factor was 55.7%, representing a decrease of 19.8
percentage points as compared to the same period last year and an
increase of 1.1 percentage points as compared to the previous
month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes
decreased by 20.3 percentage points year on year and increased by
0.9 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for
international routes increased by 7.6 percentage points and
increased by 1.4 percentage points as compared to the same period
last year and the previous month, respectively, and the passenger
load factor for regional routes decreased by 26.7 percentage points
year on year and decreased by 2.2 percentage points month on
month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by
available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 24.3%
year on year and decreased by 8.2% month on month. Cargo and mail
traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK"))
decreased by 4.3% year on year and decreased by 1.9% month on
month. The cargo load factor was 45.9%, representing a year-on-year
increase of 9.6 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of
2.9 percentage points.
In May 2022, the Group introduced three A320NEO aircraft,
retired three B737-800 aircraft, three B737-900 aircraft, one
A330-200 aircraft, one A319 aircraft. As at the end of May 2022,
the Group operated a fleet of 747 aircraft, including 301
self-owned aircraft, 241 aircraft under finance lease and 205
aircraft under operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data of May
2022:
Year-
Year- Month- on-Year
on-Year on-Month Cumulative Cumulative
May 2022 Change Change 2022 Change (%)
(%) (%) 1
1 1
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I. Capacity
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1. ATK (in million)
2 1,238.8 - 51.2 4.1 7,731.8 - 29.2
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Domestic 560.3 - 70.2 28.4 4,151.5 - 47.4
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International 663.0 7.1 - 9.9 3,456.0 20.0
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Regional 15.5 - 62.1 - 13.0 124.3 - 16.5
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2. ASK (in
million)(3) 5,066.0 - 69.7 34.9 36,519.4 - 47.4
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Domestic 4,798.7 - 70.1 37.3 34,419.3 - 48.4
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International 209.0 - 43.4 7.8 1,349.2 - 24.4
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Regional 58.2 - 80.3 - 11.4 751.0 - 25.6
========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
3. AFTK (in
million)(4) 782.7 - 24.3 - 8.2 4,440.2 - 4.7
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Domestic 128.7 - 70.5 5.4 1,055.1 - 44.2
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International 644.2 10.0 - 10.4 3,334.6 22.6
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Regional 9.8 - 16.9 - 13.8 50.5 3.0
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II. Traffic
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1. RTK (in
million)(5) 612.5 - 59.1 11.3 3,706.4 - 39.2
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Domestic 309.2 - 74.5 31.3 2,248.4 - 53.0
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
International 297.8 12.2 - 3.2 1,404.7 13.8
========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Regional 5.5 - 74.9 - 22.1 53.3 - 24.9
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
2. RPK (in
million)(6) 2,824.2 - 77.7 37.6 21,861.2 - 55.3
========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Domestic 2,698.0 - 78.1 39.7 21,053.3 - 55.8
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
International 105.9 - 33.5 10.8 444.4 - 39.8
========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Regional 20.2 - 88.8 - 16.6 363.5 - 34.8
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
3. RFTK (in
million)(7) 359.5 - 4.3 - 1.9 1,765.9 1.7
========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Domestic 67.6 - 43.9 8.0 383.4 - 30.6
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
International 288.4 14.8 - 3.6 1,365.2 16.9
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Regional 3.5 - 5.5 - 24.8 17.3 12.6
====================== ========== ===================== ==================== ============ =======================
Year-
Year- Month- on-Year
on-Year on-Month Cumulative Cumulative
May 2022 Change Change (%) 2022 Change (%)
(%) 1 1
1
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4. Number of
Passengers
carried (in
thousand) 1,807.8 - 78.3 36.1 14,214.7 - 56.0
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Domestic 1,780.5 - 78.3 36.6 13,927.1 - 56.3
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International 16.3 - 31.3 23.9 74.5 - 39.0
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Regional 11.0 - 89.8 - 11.1 213.2 - 37.5
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5. Total Cargo and
Mail carried (in
tonnes) 78,950.4 - 27.4 3.2 407,015.6 - 19.4
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Domestic 40,718.5 - 45.5 8.3 231,093.3 - 32.1
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International 36,097.0 13.7 - 0.2 165,047.3 6.6
========== ===================== ===================== ============ =======================
Regional 2,134.9 - 8.2 - 22.5 10,875.1 10.4
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III. Load Factor
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1. Passenger Load
Factor (%) 8 55.7 - 19.8 1.1 59.9 - 10.6
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Domestic 56.2 - 20.3 0.9 61.2 - 10.3
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International 50.7 7.6 1.4 32.9 - 8.4
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Regional 34.8 - 26.7 - 2.2 48.4 - 6.8
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2. Cargo and Mail
Load Factor (%)(9) 45.9 9.6 2.9 39.8 2.5
===================== ========== ===================== ===================== ============ =======================
Domestic 52.5 24.9 1.3 36.3 7.1
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International 44.8 1.9 3.1 40.9 - 2.0
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Regional 35.4 4.3 - 5.2 34.2 2.9
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3. Overall Load
Factor
(%)(10) 49.4 - 9.5 3.2 47.9 - 7.9
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Domestic 55.2 - 9.2 1.2 54.2 - 6.5
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International 44.9 2.0 3.1 40.6 - 2.2
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Regional 35.2 - 17.9 - 4.1 42.9 - 4.8
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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 June 2022
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