REG - Air China Ld - ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF FEBRUARY2025
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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 FEBRUARY 2025
The enclosed announcement (the "SSE Announcement") was published by Air China
Limited ("Air China") on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 14 March 2025, which
contains combined operating data for February 2025 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, 14 March 2025
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. Xu Niansha*, Mr. He Yun*, Ms. Winnie Tam Wan-chi* and Mr. Gao
Chunlei*.
* 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 FEBRUARY 2025
In February 2025, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the
"Group") recorded a year-on-year 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 2.4%, passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%.
Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity decreased by 8.2% year on
year, and passenger traffic decreased by 7.1% year on year. For international
routes, passenger capacity increased by 17.1% year on year, and passenger
traffic increased by 12.1% year on year. For regional routes, passenger
capacity decreased by 8.2% year on year, and passenger traffic recorded a
decrease of 12.0% year on year. The passenger load factor was 82.1%,
representing a decrease of 0.5 percentage points as compared to the same
period last year. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes
increased by 1.0 percentage point year on year, the passenger load factor for
international routes decreased by
3.5 percentage points year on year, and the passenger load factor for regional
routes decreased by 3.1 percentage points year on year.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight
tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 0.9% year on year. Cargo and mail
traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased
by 2.9% year on year. The cargo load factor was 29.8%, representing a
year-on-year increase of 0.6 percentage points.
In February 2025, the Group did not introduce any aircraft. As at the end of
February 2025, the Group operated a fleet of 934 aircraft, including 409
self-owned aircraft, 229 aircraft under finance lease and 296 aircraft under
operating lease.
The following table sets forth key operating data of February 2025:
Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
Year-on-Year Change (%)1 Month-on-Month Change (%)1 Cumulative
February 2025 2025
I. Capacity
1. ATK (in million)2 3,625.0 -1.4 -10.2 7,661.1 4.7
Domestic 2,367.4 -8.7 -7.2 4,919.1 -3.3
International 1,166.0 18.6 -15.1 2,538.9 25.2
Regional 91.6 -9.0 -17.9 203.1 0.4
2. ASK (in million)(3) 28,336.2 -2.4 -9.7 59,723.5 3.7
Domestic 19,805.9 -8.2 -7.0 41,109.1 -2.9
International 7,781.7 17.1 -15.1 16,951.3 24.7
Regional 748.5 -8.2 -18.2 1,663.1 0.8
3. AFTK (in million)(4) 1,070.6 0.9 -11.3 2,277.2 7.1
Domestic 585.3 -10.3 -7.8 1,220.1 -4.5
International 464.3 20.6 -15.1 1,010.9 26.1
Regional 21.0 -11.2 -17.1 46.3 -0.3
II. Traffic
1. RTK (in million)(5) 2,348.9 -0.9 -7.9 4,898.9 4.9
Domestic 1,561.9 -5.7 -4.1 3,191.4 -1.3
International 732.4 12.1 -14.3 1,587.1 20.5
Regional 54.6 -9.6 -17.0 120.4 1.0
2. RPK (in million)(6) 23,252.3 -3.0 -6.3 48,066.7 4.3
Domestic 16,768.8 -7.1 -1.8 33,843.2 -1.8
International 5,941.6 12.1 -16.1 13,022.4 24.8
Regional 542.0 -12.0 -17.8 1,201.0 0.2
3. RFTK (in million)(7) 318.7 2.9 -19.3 713.9 5.7
Domestic 103.0 -8.4 -32.7 256.0 -1.2
International 211.4 9.4 -10.9 448.5 10.2
Regional 4.4 9.5 -12.6 9.3 3.1
Year-on-Year Cumulative Change (%)1
Year-on-Year Change (%)1 Month-on-Month Change (%)1 Cumulative
February 2025 2025
4. Number of Passengers carried (in thousand)
12,567.3 -5.2 -4.2 25,685.8 1.3
Domestic 10,855.4 -7.2 -2.1 21,942.8 -1.8
International 1,362.8 15.7 -15.8 2,981.0 31.4
Regional 349.1 -8.9 -15.5 762.0 2.7
5. Total Cargo and Mail carried (in tonnes)
94,690.2 -2.9 -27.2 224,726.8 2.4
Domestic 61,552.8 -8.2 -33.0 153,364.1 -0.6
International 30,318.4 8.2 -13.3 65,281.1 9.8
Regional 2,819.0 18.2 -13.6 6,081.6 5.5
III. Load Factor
1. Passenger Load Factor (%)(8) 82.1 -0.5 3.0 80.5 0.4
Domestic 84.7 1.0 4.5 82.3 0.9
International 76.4 -3.5 -0.9 76.8 0.1
Regional 72.4 -3.1 0.3 72.2 -0.4
2. Cargo and Mail Load Factor (%)(9)
29.8 0.6 -3.0 31.3 -0.4
Domestic 17.6 0.4 -6.5 21.0 0.7
International 45.5 -4.7 2.1 44.4 -6.4
Regional 20.8 3.9 1.1 20.2 0.7
3. Overall Load Factor (%)(10) 64.8 0.3 1.6 63.9 0.1
Domestic 66.0 2.1 2.1 64.9 1.3
International 62.8 -3.6 0.6 62.5 -2.4
Regional 59.6 -0.4 0.7 59.3 0.3
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, 14 March 2025
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