ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF MARCH 2022

RNS Number : 5614I
Air China Ld
19 April 2022
 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

 

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 2022

 

The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published by Air China Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 14 April 2022, which contains combined operating data for March 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

  Huang Bin Huen Ho Yin

Joint Company Secretaries

 

Beijing, the PRC, 14 April 2022

 

As at the date of this announcement the directors of the Company are Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Ma Chongxian, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. Patrick Healy, 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 2022

 

In March 2022, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year- on-year 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 63.3% and a month-on-month decrease of 44.6%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year decrease of 70.1% and a month-on-month decrease of 49.2%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity decreased by 64.7% year on year and decreased by 45.5% month on month, and passenger traffic decreased by 70.7% year on year and decreased by 49.8% month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity decreased by 20.4% and 20.6% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic decreased by 41.2% and increased by 20.1% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity decreased by 36.1% and decreased by 41.8% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded a decrease of 48.3% year on year and a decrease of 57.2% month on month. The overall passenger load factor was 59.1%, representing a decrease of 13.4 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and a decrease of 5.3 percentage points as compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes decreased by 12.4 percentage points year on year and decreased by 5.2 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes decreased by 10.7 percentage points and increased by 10.2 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

9.5 percentage points year on year and decreased by 14.5 percentage points month on month.

 

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 8.5% year on year and increased by 13.5% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased by 3.3% year on year and increased by 45.2% month on month. The cargo load factor was 41.5%, representing a year-on- year increase of 4.8 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of 9.0 percentage points.

 

In March 2022, the Group introduced two A321NEO aircraft, one A350 aircraft, one A320NEO aircraft, and retired one A330-200 aircraft. As at the end of March 2022, the Group operated a fleet of 751 aircraft, including 301 self-owned aircraft, 240 aircraft under finance lease and 210 aircraft under operating lease.


The new routes opened in March 2022 are as follows:

 

Route

Flight Frequency

StartDate

Chengdu, Tianfu International Airport (TFU) - Yangzhou

sevenflightsperweek

27 March2022

Chengdu, Tianfu International Airport (TFU) - Hengyang

sevenflightsperweek

27 March2022

Chengdu, Tianfu International Airport (TFU) - Linyi

sevenflightsperweek

27 March2022

Chongqing - Nantong

sevenflightsperweek

27 March2022

Hangzhou - Shiyan

fourflightsperweek

27 March2022

Hohhot- Bayan Nur

sevenflightsperweek

27 March2022

Hohhot-Tongliao-Wulanhaote

sevenflightsperweek

27 March2022

 

The following table sets forth key operating data of March 2022:

 


 

 

 

March 2022

 

Year- on-Year Change (%) 1

 

Month- on-Month Change (%) 1

 

 

Cumulative

2022

Year- on-Year Cumulative Change (%) 1






1. ATK (in million) 2

1,479.5

- 40.3

- 17.4

5,720.1

- 7.3

Domestic

665.0

- 63.4

- 44.4

4,009.2

- 21.3

International

791.4

25.2

40.8

1,638.5

25.5

Regional

23.2

- 24.9

- 26.8

72.3

25.6

2. ASK (in million)3

5,855.8

- 63.3

- 44.6

35,613.7

- 22.2

Domestic

5,425.0

- 64.7

- 45.5

34,082.7

- 23.3

International

292.4

- 20.4

- 20.6

1,069.7

- 11.5

Regional

138.4

- 36.1

- 41.8

461.3

35.9

3. AFTK (in million)4

951.7

- 8.5

13.5

2,512.0

11.7

Domestic

177.0

- 59.0

- 41.2

943.0

- 14.7

International

765.1

27.7

44.6

1,542.2

27.9

Regional

9.7

1.7

16.5

26.8

9.2



 

 

 

March 2022

 

Year- on-Year Change (%) 1

 

Month- on-Month Change (%) 1

 

 

Cumulative

2022

Year- on-Year Cumulative Change (%) 1

II. Traffic






1. RTK (in million) 5

705.1

- 50.3

- 19.2

2,543.7

- 17.1

Domestic

375.6

- 66.8

- 42.2

1,703.7

- 27.5

International

320.2

17.6

54.3

799.2

15.6

Regional

9.3

- 33.4

- 39.5

40.8

36.5

2. RPK (in million)6

3,458.0

- 70.1

- 49.2

16,985.2

- 27.8

Domestic

3,313.8

- 70.7

- 49.8

16,423.3

- 28.3

International

88.5

- 41.2

20.1

242.9

- 43.5

Regional

55.7

- 48.3

- 57.2

318.9

49.3

3. RFTK (in million)7

395.2

3.3

45.2

1,040.0

7.0

Domestic

79.0

- 34.5

14.9

253.2

- 18.4

International

312.4

20.7

55.4

777.6

19.0

Regional

3.8

18.5

55.3

9.2

6.6

4. NumberofPassengers carried(inthousand)

 

2,266.1

 

- 70.2

 

- 48.7

 

11,078.3

 

- 28.7

Domestic

2,218.9

- 70.5

- 48.7

10,843.5

- 29.3

International

15.4

- 41.3

9.2

44.9

- 39.5

Regional

31.9

- 52.9

- 59.7

189.8

40.8

5. TotalCargoandMail carried (in tonnes)

 

87,085.6

 

- 21.4

 

29.5

 

251,534.1

 

- 11.8

Domestic

47,036.8

- 35.9

13.5

152,762.3

- 19.9

International

37,678.5

6.7

56.1

92,785.2

4.5

Regional

2,370.3

15.3

45.0

5,986.6

7.2



 

 

 

March 2022

 

Year- on-Year Change (%) 1

 

Month- on-Month Change (%) 1

 

 

Cumulative

2022

Year- on-Year Cumulative Change (%) 1

III.Load Factor






1. Passenger Load Factor (%) 8

 

59.1

 

- 13.4

 

- 5.3

 

61.3

 

- 4.8

Domestic

61.1

- 12.4

- 5.2

62.9

- 4.3

International

30.3

- 10.7

10.2

25.7

- 14.6

Regional

40.3

- 9.5

- 14.5

50.9

4.5

2. CargoandMailLoad Factor (%)9

 

41.5

 

4.8

 

9.0

 

37.1

 

- 1.6

Domestic

44.6

16.7

21.8

31.5

- 1.4

International

40.8

- 2.4

2.8

39.4

- 2.9

Regional

39.3

5.6

9.8

31.4

- 0.8

3. OverallLoadFactor (%)10

 

47.7

 

- 9.5

 

- 1.1

 

48.0

 

- 5.7

Domestic

56.5

- 5.8

2.2

54.0

- 4.6

International

40.5

- 2.6

3.6

38.9

- 3.3

Regional

40.1

- 5.1

- 8.4

44.9

3.6

 

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, 14 April 2022

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
STRILMFTMTIBMJT
UK 100

Latest directors dealings