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中國國際航空股份有限公司
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 2024
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE
Announcement") was published by Air China Limited (the
"Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
on 15 April 2024, which contains combined operating data for March
2024 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
Xiao
Feng Huen Ho Yin
Joint
Company Secretaries
Beijing, the PRC, 15 April 2024
As at the date of this announcement,
the directors of the Company are Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Wang
Mingyuan, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr. Xiao Peng, 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 MARCH 2024
In March 2024, 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 increase of
33.1%, and a month-on-month decrease of 1.5%. Passenger traffic
recorded a year-on-year increase of 50.1% and a month-on-month
decrease of 6.3%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger
capacity increased by 6.8% year on year and decreased by 4.1% month
on month, and passenger traffic increased by 19.7% year on year and
decreased by 9.7% month on month. For international routes,
passenger capacity increased by 340.2% and increased by 7.4% as
compared to the same period last year and the previous month,
respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 452.8% and
increased by 5.8% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger
capacity increased by 56.0% and decreased by 3.6% as compared to
the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and
passenger traffic recorded an increase of 68.2% year on year and an
decrease of 10.3% month on month. The passenger load factor was
78.5%, representing an increase of 8.9 percentage points as
compared to the same period last year and an decrease of 4.1
percentage points as compared to the previous month. Among which,
the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 8.5
percentage points year on year and decreased by 4.9 percentage
points month on month, the passenger load factor for international
routes increased by 16.0 percentage points and decreased by 1.2
percentage points as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively, and the passenger load factor for
regional routes increased by 5.1 percentage points year on year and
decreased by 5.3 percentage points month on month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured
by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 60.4% year on year and increased by
0.7% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue
freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK"))
increased by 138.7% year on year and increased by 19.7% month on
month. The cargo load factor was 34.7%, representing a year-on-year
increase of 11.4 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of
5.5 percentage points.
In March 2024, the Group introduced three B737 series
aircraft. As at the end of March 2024, the Group operated a fleet
of 911 aircraft, including 398 self-owned aircraft, 217 aircraft
under finance lease and 296 aircraft under operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data of
March 2024:
|
|
March
2024
|
Year-on-Year Change (%)1
|
Month-on-Month Change (%)1
|
Cumulative
2024
|
Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
|
|
I. Capacity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. ATK (in million)2
|
3,647.4
|
40.1
|
-0.8
|
10,963.3
|
53.3
|
|
Domestic
|
2,490.5
|
8.8
|
-4.0
|
7,576.9
|
17.8
|
|
International
|
1,058.8
|
316.0
|
7.7
|
3,086.0
|
439.0
|
|
Regional
|
98.1
|
60.1
|
-2.5
|
300.4
|
100.6
|
|
2. ASK (in million)3
|
28,612.7
|
33.1
|
-1.5
|
86,181.0
|
45.3
|
|
Domestic
|
20,693.9
|
6.8
|
-4.1
|
63,013.6
|
15.1
|
|
International
|
7,132.5
|
340.2
|
7.4
|
20,730.9
|
517.9
|
|
Regional
|
786.3
|
56.0
|
-3.6
|
2,436.5
|
97.6
|
|
3. AFTK (in million)4
|
1,068.8
|
60.4
|
0.7
|
3,195.2
|
76.7
|
|
Domestic
|
628.3
|
15.3
|
-3.7
|
1,906.3
|
26.5
|
|
International
|
416.4
|
283.9
|
8.1
|
1,218.3
|
351.0
|
|
Regional
|
24.1
|
87.6
|
2.2
|
70.5
|
132.9
|
|
II. Traffic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. RTK (in million)5
|
2,369.3
|
59.0
|
-0.1
|
7,037.8
|
70.5
|
|
Domestic
|
1,585.1
|
20.9
|
-4.3
|
4,818.0
|
29.1
|
|
International
|
727.8
|
398.7
|
11.4
|
2,044.1
|
549.3
|
|
Regional
|
56.4
|
67.5
|
-6.6
|
175.7
|
116.5
|
|
2. RPK (in million)6
|
22,451.0
|
50.1
|
-6.3
|
68,551.2
|
62.7
|
|
Domestic
|
16,291.3
|
19.7
|
-9.7
|
50,757.0
|
29.1
|
|
International
|
5,607.3
|
452.8
|
5.8
|
16,043.7
|
682.4
|
|
Regional
|
552.4
|
68.2
|
-10.3
|
1,750.5
|
123.0
|
|
3. RFTK (in million)7
|
370.6
|
138.7
|
19.7
|
1,045.3
|
154.7
|
|
Domestic
|
135.5
|
39.6
|
20.5
|
394.5
|
45.3
|
|
International
|
230.0
|
311.5
|
19.1
|
636.6
|
377.7
|
|
Regional
|
5.1
|
114.9
|
28.9
|
14.2
|
153.4
|
|
4. Number of Passengers carried (in
thousand)
|
12,368.5
|
32.0
|
-6.7
|
37,717.9
|
42.9
|
|
Domestic
|
10,766.4
|
20.0
|
-7.9
|
33,105.2
|
29.7
|
|
International
|
1,258.1
|
541.7
|
6.8
|
3,526.8
|
813.4
|
|
Regional
|
344.0
|
70.3
|
-10.3
|
1,085.9
|
125.9
|
|
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in
tonnes)
|
118,629.8
|
73.9
|
21.7
|
337,961.2
|
80.0
|
|
Domestic
|
80,207.2
|
38.6
|
19.6
|
234,517.9
|
43.9
|
|
International
|
35,181.9
|
302.3
|
25.6
|
94,439.6
|
351.4
|
|
Regional
|
3,240.7
|
99.0
|
35.9
|
9,003.7
|
129.9
|
|
III. Load Factor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Passenger Load Factor
(%)8
|
78.5
|
8.9
|
-4.1
|
79.5
|
8.5
|
|
Domestic
|
78.7
|
8.5
|
-4.9
|
80.5
|
8.7
|
|
International
|
78.6
|
16.0
|
-1.2
|
77.4
|
16.3
|
|
Regional
|
70.3
|
5.1
|
-5.3
|
71.8
|
8.2
|
|
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor
(%)9
|
34.7
|
11.4
|
5.5
|
32.7
|
10.0
|
|
Domestic
|
21.6
|
3.8
|
4.3
|
20.7
|
2.7
|
|
International
|
55.2
|
3.7
|
5.1
|
52.3
|
2.9
|
|
Regional
|
21.2
|
2.7
|
4.4
|
20.1
|
1.6
|
|
3. Overall Load Factor
(%)10
|
65.0
|
7.7
|
0.5
|
64.2
|
6.5
|
|
Domestic
|
63.6
|
6.4
|
-0.2
|
63.6
|
5.6
|
|
International
|
68.7
|
11.4
|
2.3
|
66.2
|
11.3
|
|
Regional
|
57.5
|
2.6
|
-2.5
|
58.5
|
4.3
|
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
11. As at 21 March 2023, the
Company has gained control over Shandong Aviation Group Company
Limited (the "Shandong Aviation Group"), and
the subsidiaries within the consolidation scope of Shandong
Aviation Group, including Shandong Airlines Co., Ltd., have become
companies within the scope of the Company's consolidated financial
statements. For more details, please refer to the "Announcement on
the Progress of Significant Matters Planned by Air China Limited"
published by the Company on the website of the Shanghai Stock
Exchange on 22 March 2023. The Company's interim announcements and
periodic reports will include relevant fleet information and
operational data of Shandong Airlines Co., Ltd., and the historical
data in the tables will be adjusted to a comparable basis.
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 April
2024