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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
MAY 2024
The enclosed announcement (the
"SSE Announcement") was
published by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange on 17 June 2024, which contains combined operating data
for May 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, 17 June
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 MAY 2024
In May 2024, Air China Limited (the
"Company") and its
subsidiaries (the "Group")
recorded a year- on-year 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 increase
of 13.9%, and a month-on-month increase of 5.1%. Passenger traffic
recorded a year-on-year increase of 30.9% and a month-on-month
increase of 4.5%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger
capacity decreased by 4.8% year on year and increased by 4.4% month
on month, and passenger traffic increased by 9.7% year on year and
increased by 6.3% month on month. For international routes,
passenger capacity increased by 120.0% and increased by 7.3% as
compared to the same period last year and the previous month,
respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 181.1% and
increased by 0.6% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger
capacity increased by 36.0% and increased by 1.3% as compared to
the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and
passenger traffic recorded an increase of 55.4% year on year and a
decrease of 4.7% month on month. The passenger load factor was
78.3%, representing an increase of 10.2 percentage points as
compared to the same period last year and a decrease of 0.5
percentage point as compared to the previous month. Among which,
the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 10.7
percentage points year on year and increased by 1.4 percentage
points month on month, the passenger load factor for international
routes increased by 15.8 percentage points and decreased by 4.8
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 8.7 percentage points year on year and
decreased by 4.4 percentage points month on month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo
capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the
"AFTK")) increased by 26.7%
year on year and increased by 6.1% month on month. Cargo and mail
traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the
"RFTK")) increased by 70.7%
year on year and increased by 11.1% month on month. The cargo load
factor was 39.9%, representing a year-on-year increase of 10.3
percentage points and a month-on-month increase of 1.8 percentage
points.
In May 2024, the Group introduced
one ARJ21-700 aircraft. As at the end of May 2024, the Group
operated a fleet of 915 aircraft, including 407 self-owned
aircraft, 212 aircraft under finance lease and 296 aircraft under
operating lease.
From May 6, 2024, the Company added
Beijing Capital-Riyadh route (three flights per week).
From May 17, 2024, the Company
resumed Beijing Capital-Madrid-Havana route (two flights per
week).
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, 17 June
2024