REG - Air China Ld - ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF AUGUST 2024
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RNS Number : 2975E Air China Ld 16 September 2024
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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 AUGUST 2024
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published by Air China
Limited (the "Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 13 September 2024,
which contains combined operating data for August 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, 13 September 2024
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Ma
Chongxian, Mr. Wang Mingyuan, Mr. Cui Xiaofeng, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr. Xiao
Peng, 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 AUGUST 2024
In August 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 12.4% and a month-on-month increase of
1.2%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 21.7% and a
month-on-month increase of 4.7%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger
capacity decreased by 0.5% year on year and increased by 0.8% month on month,
and passenger traffic increased by 9.1% year on year and increased by 4.7%
month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by
69.5% and increased by 2.4% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 79.7% and
increased by 4.6% as compared to the same period last year and the previous
month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by
27.8% and increased by 1.7% as compared to the same period last year and the
previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of
27.3% year on year and an increase of 5.9% month on month. The passenger load
factor was 82.9% representing an increase of 6.3 percentage points as compared
to the same period last year and an increase of 2.7 percentage points as
compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for
domestic routes increased by 7.4 percentage points year on year and increased
by 3.1 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for
international routes increased by 4.6 percentage points and increased by 1.7
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 0.3 percentage points year on year and increased by 3.1
percentage points month on month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight
tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 12.7% year on year and increased
by 2.2% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight
tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased by 35.2% year on year and decreased
by 3.6% month on month. The cargo load factor was 38.7%, representing a
year-on-year increase of 6.4 percentage points and a month-on-month decrease
of 2.3 percentage points.
Starting from 27 August 2024, the Company resumed Shanghai Pudong - Barcelona
route (three flights per week).
In August 2024, the Group introduced one ARJ21-700 aircraft, one C919 aircraft
and five B737 series aircraft and retired two A320 series aircraft and one
A330 aircraft. As at the end of August 2024, the Group operated a fleet of 921
aircraft, including 411 self-owned aircraft, 214 aircraft under finance lease
and 296 aircraft under operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data of August 2024:
Month-on- Month Change Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
Year-on-Year Change (%)1 (%)1 Cumulative
August 2024 2024
I. Capacity
1. ATK (in million)2 4,051.2 12.5 1.5 29,649.2 26.4
Domestic 2,661.3 -2.5 1.2 19,739.1 3.0
International 1,278.6 63.5 2.1 9,079.9 143.6
Regional 111.3 24.8 1.6 830.3 47.4
2. ASK (in million)(3) 33,650.8 12.4 1.2 238,679.6 22.9
Domestic 23,813.6 -0.5 0.8 170,116.7 3.0
International 8,868.4 69.5 2.4 61,609.1 152.0
Regional 968.8 27.8 1.7 6,953.8 50.3
3. AFTK (in million)(4) 1,019.4 12.7 2.2 8,138.8 36.8
Domestic 520.0 -9.8 2.8 4,435.6 3.0
International 479.8 54.7 1.6 3,529.2 131.9
Regional 19.7 11.5 1.2 174.0 41.4
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)(5) 2,786.4 23.3 3.0 19,722.2 40.7
Domestic 1,842.7 8.6 3.5 13,110.5 14.5
International 868.0 72.3 1.5 6,097.4 171.0
Regional 75.7 29.3 5.8 514.2 61.1
2. RPK (in million)(6) 27,904.1 21.7 4.7 190,770.8 35.7
Domestic 20,067.2 9.1 4.7 138,204.5 14.1
International 7,080.4 79.7 4.6 47,473.3 192.3
Regional 756.4 27.3 5.9 5,093.0 61.8
3. RFTK (in million)(7) 395.0 35.2 -3.6 3,041.7 79.1
Domestic 130.0 6.6 -0.5 1,056.2 25.7
International 258.9 55.8 -5.2 1,942.0 132.9
Regional 6.0 51.3 4.6 43.5 78.7
Month-on- Month Change Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
Year-on-Year Change (%)1 (%)1 Cumulative
August 2024 2024
4. Number of Passengers carried (in thousand)
15,252.0 14.9 5.1 104,720.0 23.7
Domestic 13,148.6 9.0 4.9 90,839.2 14.5
International 1,624.1 94.6 6.3 10,688.4 219.7
Regional 479.3 26.3 6.4 3,192.3 62.0
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)
118,414.4 19.3 -2.0 940,811.4 46.7
Domestic 76,176.4 4.6 -0.7 625,607.8 23.8
International 38,440.6 61.0 -5.2 287,932.3 140.3
Regional 3,797.4 46.7 6.5 27,271.3 68.7
III. Load Factor
1. Passenger Load Factor (%)8 82.9 6.3 2.7 79.9 7.6
Domestic 84.3 7.4 3.1 81.2 7.9
International 79.8 4.6 1.7 77.1 10.6
Regional 78.1 -0.3 3.1 73.2 5.2
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)9
38.7 6.4 -2.3 37.4 8.8
Domestic 25.0 3.9 -0.8 23.8 4.3
International 54.0 0.4 -3.9 55.0 0.3
Regional 30.5 8.0 1.0 25.0 5.2
3. Overall Load Factor (%)(10) 68.8 6.0 1.0 66.5 6.8
Domestic 69.2 7.0 1.6 66.4 6.7
International 67.9 3.5 -0.4 67.2 6.8
Regional 68.1 2.4 2.7 61.9 5.3
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
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, 13 September 2024
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