ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF JUNE 2018

RNS Number : 7321U

Air China Ld

16 July 2018

 

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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 JUNE 2018

The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 13 July 2018, which contains combined operating data for June 2018 for Air China and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Group"). This announcement enclosing the SSE Announcement is made by Air China pursuant to Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Listing Rules and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined in the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the SFO. 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.

This announcement enclosing the SSE Announcement is made by Air China pursuant to Rule 13.09 and Rule 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 "SFO").

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 advised to exercise caution in dealing in shares of Air China.

                                                                                                                                 By Order of the Board

Air China Limited
         Zhou Feng     Tam Shuit Mui

      Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 13 July 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, 
Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, Mr. Liu Deheng*, 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 JUNE 2018

In June 2018, Air China Limited (the "Company"), and its subsidiaries (the "Group") maintained growth in combined passenger
traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")) as compared to the same period last year as well as compared
to the same period last month. Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers (the "ASK")) and passenger 
traffic recorded a year-on- year increase of 14.0% and 13.3% respectively. For domestic routes, passenger capacity
and passenger traffic increased by 14.7% and 11.8%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. For international
routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 13.3% and 15.4%, respectively, as compared to the  same period last year. Passenger capacity and passenger traffic on regional routes increased by 11.2% and 16.3%, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. The overall passenger load factor was 80.1%, representing a decrease of 0.5 percentage
points as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor for domestic routes decreased by 2.1 percentage points,
and that for international and regional routes increased by 1.4 and 3.5 percentage points respectively.

The Company launched a Beijing-Henei route (three times a week) on 1 June 2018, relaunched the Hangzhou-Nha Trang route (three times a week) on 2 June 2018, launched a Chengdu-Hetian route (three times a week) on 3 June 2018 and relaunched the Beijing-Pyongyang route (three times a week) on 6 June 2018.

In terms of cargo operations, in June 2018, cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) 
and freight tonnage carried recorded an increase on a year-on-year basis and a decrease on a month-on-month basis. Cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 10.8% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic increased by 4.0% and the volume of cargo and mail carried increased by 5.9% as compared 
to the same period last year. The cargo load factor was 59.0% in June 2018, representing a year-on-year decrease of 3.8 percentage points.

In June 2018, the Group introduced three aircraft in total, including two B737-800 and one B737-700, and retired 
one B777-200 and one A320. As at the end of June 2018, the Group operated a fleet of 662 aircraft, including 283 self-owned aircraft, 178 aircraft under finance lease and 201 aircraft under operating lease.

The following table sets forth key operating data for June 2018:

	June 2018	Year-on- Year Change (%)	Month-on- Month Change (%)	Cumulative 2018	Year-on- Year Cumulative Change (%)
I. Capacity
1. ATK (in million)1	3,154.5	12.8	-3.1	19,094.6	11.4
Domestic	1,491.8	15.7	-4.3	9,326.6	9.6
International	1,564.2	10.3	-2.1	9,170.7	13.6
Regional	98.5	11.0	-1.8	597.3	6.7
2. ASK (in million)2	22,505.2	14.0	-2.0	133,800.4	12.5
Domestic	13,055.8	14.7	-2.7	78,868.7	10.0
International	8,639.1	13.3	-0.9	50,093.8	17.1
Regional	810.4	11.2	-1.1	4,837.9	7.7
3. AFTK (in million)3	1,124.7	10.8	-5.1	7,020.9	9.6
Domestic	317.7	19.8	-9.3	2,228.2	8.3
International	784.8	7.5	-3.3	4,650.7	10.4
Regional	22.2	9.7	-3.9	142.0	3.5
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)4	2,267.7	10.3	-0.7	13,375.5	10.6
Domestic	1,091.9	11.2	-0.3	6,554.5	7.9
International	1,105.9	9.2	-1.2	6,409.0	13.4
Regional	70.0	14.7	0.1	411.9	13.6
2. RPK (in million)5	18,030.4	13.3	0.7	107,680.4	11.7
Domestic	10,705.4	11.8	-0.0	64,951.8	8.9
International	6,675.5	15.4	2.0	38,876.9	16.4
Regional	649.5	16.3	0.3	3,851.6	14.8
3. RFTK (in million)6	663.6	4.0	-2.9	3,827.0	8.4
Domestic	140.1	7.8	0.7	809.0	2.2
International	514.0	3.1	-3.9	2,963.3	10.3
Regional	9.5	2.2	-0.7	54.7	3.1
4. Number of Passengers carried (in thousand)	8,949.0	12.1	0.5	53,752.2	9.3
Domestic	7,273.1	10.4	0.1	43,831.0	7.9

	June 2018	Year-on- Year Change (%)	Month-on- Month Change (%)	Cumulative 2018	Year-on- Year Cumulative Change (%)
International	1,263.1	20.9	2.8	7,458.5	15.4
Regional	412.8	15.9	1.1	2,462.6	15.6
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)	159,417.4	5.9	-0.5	917,327.4	5.0
Domestic	88,227.5	7.2	1.3	507,327.1	1.0
International	64,431.7	4.7	-2.7	370,925.1	11.3
Regional	6,758.1	1.5	-1.3	39,075.2	2.0
III. Load Factor
1. Passenger Load Factor (%)7	80.1	-0.5	2.1	80.5	-0.6
Domestic	82.0	-2.1	2.2	82.4	-0.9
International	77.3	1.4	2.2	77.6	-0.5
Regional	80.2	3.5	1.2	79.6	4.9
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)8	59.0	-3.8	1.3	54.5	-0.6
Domestic	44.1	-4.9	4.4	36.3	-2.2
International	65.5	-2.8	-0.4	63.7	-0.0
Regional	42.9	-3.2	1.4	38.6	-0.1
3. Overall Load Factor (%)9	71.9	-1.6	1.7	70.0	-0.5
Domestic	73.2	-2.9	2.9	70.3	-1.1
International	70.7	-0.7	0.7	69.9	-0.1
Regional	71.0	2.2	1.3	69.0	4.2

Notes:

1.       "ATK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available for transportation multiplied by the kilometers flown

2.       "ASK(s)" refers to the number of seats available for sale multiplied by the kilometers flown

3.       "AFTK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available for the carriage of cargo and mail multiplied by the kilometers flown

4.       "RTK(s)" refers to the revenue load (passenger and cargo) in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown

5.       "RPK(s)" refers to the number of revenue passengers carried multiplied by the kilometers flown

6.       "RFTK(s)" refers to the revenue cargo and mail load in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown

7.       "Passenger Load Factor" refers to revenue passenger kilometers expressed as a percentage of available seat kilometers

8.       "Cargo and Mail Load Factor" refers to revenue freight tonne kilometers expressed as a percentage of available freight tonne kilometers

9.       "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 results from inappropriate 
reliance upon or utilization of the information given above.

Board of Directors of Air China Limited

Beijing, the PRC, 13 July, 2018

 

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