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China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd – ‘6-K’ for 1/16/20

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  FORM 6-K  

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of January 2020

Commission File Number: 001-14550

 

 

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Board Secretariat’s Office

5/F, Block A2, Northern District, CEA Building

36 Hongxiang 3rd Road, Minhang District

Shanghai, China 200335

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: ☒  Form 20-F ☐  Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:  ☐    Yes  ☒    No

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): n/a

 

 

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
      (Registrant)
Date   January 16, 2020   By  

/s/ Wang Jian

      Name: Wang Jian
      Title: Company Secretary

 

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Certain statements contained in this announcement may be regarded as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this announcement represent the Company’s views as of the date of this announcement. While the Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s views to change, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, unless required by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this announcement.

 

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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.

 

LOGO

(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock code: 00670)

INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR DECEMBER 2019

 

This overseas regulatory announcement is made 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 under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the “Company”) and all members of the board of directors confirm that the information contained in this announcement is true, accurate and complete, and no misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions are contained herein.

 

I.

OPERATIONS

In December 2019, the Company’s passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) increased by 6.65% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic and international routes increased by 6.49% and 9.03% year-on-year, respectively, and the passenger transportation capacity of its regional routes decreased by 21.95% year-on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 7.09% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic and international routes increased by 8.06% and 8.05% year-on-year, respectively, and the passenger traffic volume of its regional routes decreased by 29.23% year-on-year; and passenger load factor increased by 0.32 percentage points year-on-year to 80.12%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic routes increased by 1.18 percentage points year-on-year, and the passenger load factor of its international and regional routes decreased by 0.71 and 7.77 percentage points year-on-year, respectively.

In relation to freight transportation, the freight transportation business of the Company only consists of bellyhold space freight operated through passenger aircraft, and such business is under contractual operation by a subsidiary of the controlling shareholder of the Company. Freight load volume in December 2019 increased by 10.67% year-on-year.

 

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In December 2019, the Company launched new domestic routes such as Nanjing — Yantai, and new international routes such as Wenzhou — Shizuoka, Wenzhou — Nagoya, Wuxi — Seoul, Shanghai — Xi’an — Budapest and Shanghai — Chengdu — Budapest.

 

II.

FLEET STRUCTURE

As at the end of December 2019, the Company operated a total of 723 aircraft, including 262 self-owned aircraft, 261 aircraft under finance lease and 200 aircraft under operating lease.

As at the end of December 2019, details of the fleet structure of the Company were as follows:

 

       Under      Under      (Units)  
No.    Model    Self-owned     

finance

lease

    

operating

lease

     Sub-total  
  

Wide-body passenger aircraft

     39        49        5        93  
1   

B777 series

     10        10        0        20  
2   

B787 series

     3        7        0        10  
3   

A350 series

     1        6        0        7  
4   

A330 series

     25        26        5        56  
  

Narrow-body passenger aircraft

     223        212        195        630  
5   

A320 series

     136        124        68        328  
6   

B737 series

     87        88        127        302  
Total         262        261        200        723  

Note: The 15 business aircraft self-owned by and held under trust of the Company were not included in the fleet.

 

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III.

MAJOR OPERATING DATA

 

     Amount      Actual
amount
           Total
amount
    

Total actual

amount

        
    

completed

in

    

completed

in

     Year-    

completed

in

    

completed

in

     Year-  
     December      December      on-year     December      December      on-year  
     2019      2018      increase     2019      2018      increase  

Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat-kilometres) (millions)

     22,749.46        21,330.37        6.65     270,161.19        244,841.00        10.34

— Domestic routes

     14,335.20        13,461.34        6.49     171,662.30        154,059.34        11.43

— International routes

     7,997.55        7,335.16        9.03     92,091.81        84,408.13        9.10

— Regional routes

     416.71        533.87        -21.95     6,407.08        6,373.52        0.53

RPK (revenue passenger- kilometres) (millions)

     18,226.08        17,020.15        7.09     221,557.38        201,485.95        9.96

— Domestic routes

     11,607.16        10,740.94        8.06     142,834.96        128,906.39        10.81

— International routes

     6,304.19        5,834.48        8.05     73,676.61        67,290.26        9.49

— Regional routes

     314.73        444.73        -29.23     5,045.81        5,289.30        -4.60

Number of passengers carried (thousands)

     10,592.16        10,027.73        5.63     130,211.93        121,199.70        7.44

— Domestic routes

     8,887.90        8,313.89        6.90     108,950.77        101,226.48        7.63

— International routes

     1,468.73        1,384.14        6.11     17,551.32        16,104.28        8.99

— Regional routes

     235.53        329.70        -28.56     3,709.83        3,868.94        -4.11

Passenger load factor (%)

     80.12        79.79        0.32 pts      82.01        82.29        -0.28 pts 

— Domestic routes

     80.97        79.79        1.18 pts      83.21        83.67        -0.47 pts 

— International routes

     78.83        79.54        -0.71 pts      80.00        79.72        0.28 pts 

— Regional routes

     75.53        83.30        -7.77 pts      78.75        82.99        -4.23 pts 

Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     813.43        709.70        14.62     9,147.78        7,900.78        15.78

— Domestic routes

     279.73        250.62        11.61     3,209.60        2,740.72        17.11

— International routes

     523.59        444.22        17.87     5,749.80        4,968.72        15.72

— Regional routes

     10.11        14.86        -31.97     188.39        191.34        -1.55

RFTK (revenue freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     292.33        230.75        26.69     2,962.75        2,588.34        14.47

— Domestic routes

     91.51        86.30        6.03     947.41        886.08        6.92

— International routes

     198.84        141.64        40.38     1,986.58        1,667.08        19.17

— Regional routes

     1.99        2.80        -29.17     28.76        35.19        -18.25

Weight of freight carried (million kg)

     94.57        85.45        10.67     974.27        915.12        6.46

— Domestic routes

     65.44        62.63        4.50     671.17        644.89        4.08

— International routes

     27.37        20.42        34.05     278.60        240.00        16.09

— Regional routes

     1.76        2.40        -26.99     24.50        30.23        -18.96

 

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     Amount      Actual
amount
           Total
amount
    

Total actual

amount

        
    

completed

in

    

completed

in

     Year-    

completed

in

    

completed

in

     Year-  
     December      December      on-year     December      December      on-year  
     2019      2018      increase     2019      2018      increase  

Freight load factor (%)

     35.94        32.51        3.42 pts      32.39        32.76        -0.37pts  

— Domestic routes

     32.71        34.43        -1.72 pts      29.52        32.33        -2.81pts  

— International routes

     37.98        31.89        6.09 pts      34.55        33.55        1.00pts  

— Regional routes

     19.64        18.86        0.78 pts      15.27        18.39        -3.12pts  

Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     2,860.89        2,629.43        8.80     33,462.29        29,936.47        11.78

— Domestic routes

     1,569.90        1,462.14        7.37     18,659.20        16,606.06        12.36

— International routes

     1,243.37        1,104.38        12.59     14,038.06        12,565.46        11.72

— Regional routes

     47.61        62.91        -24.31     765.02        764.96        0.01

RTK (revenue tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     1,912.76        1,743.07        9.74     22,489.88        20,358.36        10.47

— Domestic routes

     1,125.96        1,042.81        7.97     13,548.59        12,267.28        10.44

— International routes

     756.88        658.11        15.01     8,468.09        7,590.43        11.56

— Regional routes

     29.91        42.14        -29.03     473.20        500.65        -5.48

Overall load factor (%)

     66.86        66.29        0.57 pts      67.21        68.01        0.80 pts 

— Domestic routes

     71.72        71.32        0.40 pts      72.61        73.87        1.26 pts 

— International routes

     60.87        59.59        1.28 pts      60.32        60.41        0.08 pts 

— Regional routes

     62.82        66.99        -4.17 pts      61.85        65.45        3.59 pts 

 

Note:

Freight transportation data only contained data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft. The table does not contain data of cargo services.

 

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IV.

RISK ALERT

The board of directors of the Company hereby reminds investors that the operating data set forth above was compiled in accordance with the Company’s internal information which has not been audited and may be subject to adjustment. The operating data set forth above may differ from the data disclosed in any regular report for the relevant period. The Company reserves its rights to adjust the operating data based on audit findings and the actual situation. The monthly operating data disclosed by the Company only serves as preliminary and periodical data for investors’ reference. Investors are hereby reminded of the investment risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilization of the information above.

The data set forth above is published on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn), the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (www.hkex.com.hk) and the column “Investor Relations” under “About China Eastern Airlines — Get to know China Eastern Airlines” on the website of the Company (www.ceair.com).

 

By order of the Board
CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED
Wang Jian
Company Secretary

Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China

15 January 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Li Yangmin (Vice Chairman), Tang Bing (Director), Wang Junjin (Director), Lin Wanli (Independent non-executive Director), Shao Ruiqing (Independent non-executive Director), Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director), Dong Xuebo (Independent non-executive Director) and Yuan Jun (Employee Representative Director).

 

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