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RNS Number : 0118E
Air China Ld
25 October 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 SEPTEMBER 2022
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange on 24 October 2022, which contains combined operating data
for September 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
Zhou Feng
Company Secretary
Beijing, the PRC, 24 October 2022
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the
Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr.
Patrick Healy, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, 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 SEPTEMBER 2022
In September 2022, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its
subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year-on-year increase and a
month-on-month decrease 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 43.5% and a month-on-month decrease of
38.1%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year decrease of 45.2%
and a month-on-month decrease of 40.3%. Among which, for domestic
routes, passenger capacity decreased by 46.7% year on year and
decreased by 41.6% month on month, and passenger traffic decreased
by 47.8% year on year and decreased by 43.2% month on month. For
international routes, passenger capacity increased by 79.6% and
increased by 43.0% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by
69.0% and increased by 50.1% as compared to the same period last
year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes,
passenger capacity decreased by 18.0% and increased by 121.9% as
compared to the same period last year and the previous month,
respectively, and passenger traffic recorded a decrease of 22.8%
year on year and an increase of 134.3% month on month. The overall
passenger load factor was 64.5%, representing a decrease of 2.1
percentage points as compared to the same period last year and a
decrease of 2.3 percentage points as compared to the previous
month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes
decrease d by 1.4 percentage points year on year and decreased by
1.8 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for
international routes decreased by 3.5 percentage points and
increase d by 2.6 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 2.8 percentage points
year on year and increased by 2.4 percentage points month on
month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by
available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 24.2%
year on year and increased by 12.0% month on month. Cargo and mail
traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK"))
decreased by 31.5% year on year and increased by 19.8% month on
month. The cargo load factor was 41.9%, representing a year-on-year
decrease of 4.5 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of
2.7 percentage points.
In September 2022, the Group introduced two ARJ21-700 aircraft.
As at the end of September 2022, the Group operated a fleet of 752
aircraft, including 303 self-owned aircraft, 245 aircraft under
finance lease and 204 aircraft under operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data of September
2022:
Year-on-
Year-on- Month-on- Year Cumulative
September Year Change Month Change Cumulative Change
2022 (%)(1) (%)(1) 2022 (%)(1)
I. Capacity
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
1. ATK (in million)(2) 1,260.4 -35.6 -21.2 13,857.6 -25.9
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 767.6 -46.1 -38.5 8,322.1 -38.0
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 466.9 -8.0 38.9 5,340.5 6.6
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 25.9 0.4 72.5 195.0 -28.2
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
2. ASK (in million)(3) 7,312.2 -43.5 -38.1 75,967.8 -36.8
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 6,647.7 -46.7 -41.6 72,117.8 -37.4
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 510.1 79.6 43.0 2,771.8 -11.6
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 154.4 -18.0 121.9 1,078.2 -43.9
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
3. AFTK (in million)(4) 601.4 -24.2 12.0 7,019.2 -10.8
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 169.6 -44.1 -24.4 1,838.5 -39.8
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 421.0 -12.6 38.5 5,091.1 7.7
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 10.8 45.0 28.9 89.6 9.0
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
II. Traffic
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
1. RTK (in million)(5) 674.3 -40.8 -24.8 7,059.3 -33.2
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 456.8 -47.2 -37.8 4,720.1 -42.2
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 207.9 -20.5 33.1 2,260.4 -0.1
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 9.6 -24.3 77.9 78.9 -41.9
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
2. RPK (in million)(6) 4,716.6 -45.2 -40.3 47,681.2 -43.1
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 4,362.1 -47.8 -43.2 45,966.9 -43.4
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 284.3 69.0 50.1 1,214.9 -16.7
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 70.2 -22.8 134.3 499.4 -53.4
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
3. RFTK (in million)(7) 251.9 -31.5 19.8 2,853.1 -9.0
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 66.6 -43.3 -2.4 670.5 -31.0
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 182.6 -25.9 30.9 2,152.8 0.9
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 2.7 -27.0 5.3 29.8 1.3
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
4. Number of Passengers
carried (in thousand) 3,056.8 -45.7 -40.3 30,758.4 -44.3
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 2,969.2 -46.6 -41.4 30,259.3 -44.3
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 49.0 87.9 29.8 211.2 -10.2
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 38.6 -24.3 139.1 287.9 -55.2
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
5. Total Cargo and
Mail carried (in tonnes) 65,799.0 -36.1 6.8 688,795.5 -22.6
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 41,178.7 -42.6 -1.3 405,706.7 -32.3
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 22,859.1 -21.2 26.4 264,035.2 -3.0
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 1,761.3 -18.4 -0.1 19,053.6 3.5
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
III. Load Factor
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
1. Passenger Load
Factor (%)(8) 64.5 -2.1 -2.3 62.8 -6.9
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 65.6 -1.4 -1.8 63.7 -6.8
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 55.7 -3.5 2.6 43.8 -2.7
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 45.5 -2.8 2.4 46.3 -9.4
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
2. Cargo and Mail
Load Factor (%)(9) 41.9 -4.5 2.7 40.6 0.8
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 39.3 0.6 8.9 36.5 4.7
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 43.4 -7.8 -2.5 42.3 -2.8
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 25.2 -24.8 -5.6 33.3 -2.5
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
3. Overall Load Factor
(%)(10) 53.5 -4.7 -2.6 50.9 -5.6
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Domestic 59.5 -1.2 0.6 56.7 -4.2
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
International 44.5 -7.0 -2.0 42.3 -2.8
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
Regional 37.0 -12.1 1.1 40.4 -9.6
--------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ----------------
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, 24 October 2022
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