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Air China Ld
18 December 2023
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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 NOVEMBER 2023
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published
by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock
Exchange on 15 December 2023, which contains combined operating
data for November 2023 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 December 2023
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 NOVEMBER 2023
In November 2023, 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 279.1%, and a month-on-month decrease of
6.7%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 348.6%
and a month-on-month decrease of 10.7%. Among which, for domestic
routes, passenger capacity increased by 219.0% year on year and
decreased by 10.1% month on month, and passenger traffic increased
by 276.4% year on year and decreased by 13.2% month on month. For
international routes, passenger capacity increased by 819.6% and
increased by 4.3% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by
1,316.3% and decreased by 1.9% as compared to the same period last
year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes,
passenger capacity increased by 355.7% and increased by 6.2% as
compared to the same period last year and the previous month,
respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 519.0%
year on year and an increase of 3.2% month on month. The passenger
load factor was 73.4%, representing an increase of 11.4 percentage
points as compared to the same period last year and a decrease of
3.3 percentage points as compared to the previous month. Among
which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by
11.6 percentage points year on year and decreased by 2.8 percentage
points month on month, the passenger load factor for international
routes increased by 23.0 percentage points and decreased by 4.2
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 17.4 percentage points year on year
and decreased by 1.9 percentage points month on month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by
available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by
135.1% year on year and decreased by 4.5% month on month. Cargo and
mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the
"RFTK")) increased by 98.6% year on year and increased by 8.3%
month on month. The cargo load factor was 37.5%, representing a
year-on-year decrease of 6.9 percentage points and a month-on-month
increase of 4.4 percentage points.
In November 2023, the Group introduced one ARJ21-700 aircraft.
As at the end of November 2023, the Group operated a fleet of 900
aircraft, including 386 self-owned aircraft, 215 aircraft under
finance lease and 299 aircraft under operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data of November
2023:
Year-on-Year
Year-on-Year Month-on-Month Cumulative
November Change Change Cumulative Change
2023 (%)(1) (%)(1) 2023 (%)(1)
I. Capacity
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
1. ATK (in million)(2) 3,196.9 221.1 -6.0 33,318.7 86.6
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 2,235.9 233.6 -10.0 26,263.0 127.8
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 873.4 189.6 4.6 6,246.8 2.8
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 87.5 265.8 7.0 808.8 228.7
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
2. ASK (in million)(3) 25,029.3 279.1 -6.7 272,502.4 154.2
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 18,563.2 219.0 -10.1 224,781.7 120.7
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 5,739.2 819.6 4.3 41,037.8 940.0
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 726.9 355.7 6.2 6,682.8 377.7
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
3. AFTK (in million)(4) 941.0 135.1 -4.5 8,769.3 6.9
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 565.6 286.1 -9.9 6,045.9 155.0
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 356.7 45.3 4.9 2,549.0 -55.4
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 18.8 126.0 8.7 174.4 59.7
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
II. Traffic
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
1. RTK (in million)(5) 1,995.7 266.0 -7.2 20,209.0 114.6
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 1,392.3 252.9 -11.0 15,901.1 136.6
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 554.0 293.0 2.9 3,848.5 48.1
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 49.4 405.2 5.6 459.3 366.0
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
2. RPK (in million)(6) 18,374.2 348.6 -10.7 199,057.3 191.8
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 14,123.3 276.4 -13.2 166,870.6 153.4
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 3,770.1 1,316.3 -1.9 27,662.5 1,501.3
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 480.9 519.0 3.2 4,524.2 597.1
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
3. RFTK (in million)(7) 353.3 98.6 8.3 2,685.9 -20.7
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 131.9 125.9 4.6 1,233.4 36.0
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 217.2 85.2 10.4 1,416.9 -42.0
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 4.2 94.6 25.7 35.6 2.2
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
4. Number of Passengers
carried
(in thousand) 10,361.4 303.9 -11.6 117,697.9 166.2
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 9,258.4 275.0 -12.7 109,120.5 150.7
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 803.3 1,545.6 -1.3 5,744.2 1,720.0
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 299.7 526.5 1.4 2,833.2 651.2
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
5. Total Cargo and
Mail carried
(in tonnes) 114,850.9 115.0 6.8 971,967.2 11.5
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 80,319.4 120.8 5.0 743,281.0 35.6
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 31,724.6 103.3 10.3 204,983.9 -32.1
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 2,806.9 96.3 21.4 23,702.3 6.2
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
III. Load Factor
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
1. Passenger Load Factor
(%)(8) 73.4 11.4 -3.3 73.0 9.4
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 76.1 11.6 -2.8 74.2 9.6
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 65.7 23.0 -4.2 67.4 23.6
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 66.2 17.4 -1.9 67.7 21.3
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
2. Cargo and Mail Load
Factor (%)(9) 37.5 -6.9 4.4 30.6 -10.7
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 23.3 -16.5 3.2 20.4 -17.9
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 60.9 13.1 3.0 55.6 12.8
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 22.3 -3.6 3.0 20.4 -11.5
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
3. Overall Load Factor
(%)(10) 62.4 7.7 -0.8 60.7 7.9
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Domestic 62.3 3.4 -0.7 60.5 2.3
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
International 63.4 16.7 -1.1 61.6 18.8
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
Regional 56.4 15.6 -0.8 56.8 16.7
---------- ------------- --------------- ----------- -------------
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 December 2023
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