6-K 1 d724960d6k.htm FORM 6-K 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 June 2019

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)

 

 

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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 June 17, 2019     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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INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR MAY 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 May 2019, the Company’s passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) increased by 10.58% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic, international and regional routes increased by 11.50%, 8.93% and 10.26% year-on-year, respectively; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 11.41% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic, international and regional routes increased by 11.21%, 11.72% and 12.43% year-on-year, respectively; and passenger load factor increased by 0.61 percentage points year-on-year to 82.02%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic route decreased by 0.22 percentage points year-on-year and the passenger load factor of its international and regional routes increased by 2.00 and 1.59 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 May 2019 increased by 6.04% year-on-year.

In May 2019, the Company launched new domestic routes such as Weihai — Yanji and Wuhan — Yulin, and new international routes such as Wuhan — Mandalay, Wuhan — Yangon, Weihai — Daegu and Weihai — Cheongju.

 

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II.

FLEET STRUCTURE

In May 2019, the Company introduced two aircraft (one A320NEO and one B737-800). As at the end of May 2019, the Company operated a total of 700 aircraft, including 241 self-owned aircraft, 264 aircraft under finance lease and 195 aircraft under operating lease.

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

 

                               (Units)
No.    Model    Self-owned      Under
finance
lease
     Under
operating
lease
     Sub-total
   Wide-body passenger            
     aircraft      30        53        5      88
1   

B777 series

     10        10        0      20
2   

B787 series

     0        7        0      7
3   

A350 series

     0        5        0      5
4   

A330 series

     20        31        5      56
   Narrow-body passenger            
     aircraft      211        211        190      612
5   

A320 series

     129        118        68      315
6   

B737 series

     82        93        122      297

Total

     241        264        195      700

Note: The 15 business aircraft held under trust of the Company were not included in the fleet.

 

III.

MAJOR OPERATING DATA

 

    

Estimated
amount
completed
in

May

2019

    

Actual
amount
completed
in

May

2018

     Year-
on-year
increase
   

Total
estimated
amount
completed

in May

2019

     Total actual
amount
completed
in May
2018
     Year-
on-year
increase
 

Passenger Transportation Data

                

ASK (available seat-kilometres) (millions)

     22,341.43        20,203.40        10.58     109,429.43        99,471.95        10.01

— Domestic routes

     14,169.57        12,707.87        11.50     69,732.69        62,315.73        11.90

— International routes

     7,571.92        6,951.42        8.93     36,866.97        34,568.14        6.65

— Regional routes

     599.94        544.11        10.26     2,829.77        2,588.07        9.34

RPK (revenue passenger-kilometres) (millions)

     18,323.44        16,447.16        11.41     90,437.82        81,830.53        10.52

— Domestic routes

     11,761.12        10,576.06        11.21     58,204.15        52,079.24        11.76

— International routes

     6,068.07        5,431.48        11.72     29,908.96        27,638.41        8.22

— Regional routes

     494.25        439.62        12.43     2,324.71        2,112.88        10.03

 

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Estimated
amount
completed
in

May

2019

    

Actual
amount
completed
in

May

2018

     Year-
on-year
increase
   

Total
estimated
amount
completed

in May

2019

     Total actual
amount
completed
in May
2018
     Year-
on-year
increase
 

Number of passengers carried (thousands)

     10,871.83        10,022.59        8.47     53,285.73        49,040.38        8.66

— Domestic routes

     9,071.22        8,411.78        7.84     44,303.50        40,788.85        8.62

— International routes

     1,439.84        1,290.99        11.53     7,268.02        6,704.20        8.41

— Regional routes

     360.77        319.81        12.80     1,714.21        1,547.33        10.79

Passenger load factor (%)

     82.02        81.41        0.61 pts      82.64        82.26        0.38 pts 

— Domestic routes

     83.00        83.22        -0.22 pts      83.47        83.57        -0.11 pts 

— International routes

     80.14        78.13        2.00 pts      81.13        79.95        1.17 pts 

— Regional routes

     82.38        80.80        1.59 pts      82.15        81.64        0.51 pts 

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

     755.59        645.20        17.11     3,718.39        3,281.37        13.32

— Domestic routes

     267.62        219.11        22.14     1,347.94        1,179.31        14.30

— International routes

     469.73        408.96        14.86     2,280.06        2,020.26        12.86

— Regional routes

     18.24        17.13        6.50     90.39        81.81        10.49

RFTK (revenue freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     246.42        219.24        12.40     1,085.86        1,039.90        4.42

— Domestic routes

     75.70        71.22        6.30     366.94        360.15        1.89

— International routes

     168.08        145.09        15.85     706.84        665.67        6.18

— Regional routes

     2.63        2 .93        -10.09     12.08        14.08        -14.21

Weight of freight carried (million kg)

     79.32        74.80        6.04     370.11        368.64        0.40

— Domestic routes

     53.92        51.94        3.83     259.55        261.86        -0.88

— International routes

     23.18        20.37        13.80     100.32        94.77        5.85

— Regional routes

     2.21        2.49        -11.35     10.24        12.01        -14.71

Freight load factor (%)

     32.61        33.98        -1.37 pts      29.20        31.69        -2.49 pts 

— Domestic routes

     28.29        32.50        -4.22 pts      27.22        30.54        -3.32 pts 

— International routes

     35.78        35.48        0.30 pts      31.00        32.95        -1.95 pts 

— Regional routes

     14.43        17.09        -2.66 pts      13.37        17.22        -3.85 pts 

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

     2,766.32        2,463.51        12.29     13,567.03        12,233.85        10.90

— Domestic routes

     1,542.88        1,362.82        13.21     7,623.88        6,787.73        12.32

— International routes

     1,151.21        1,034.59        11.27     5,598.09        5,131.39        9.10

— Regional routes

     72.24        66.10        9.29     345.07        314.73        9.64

 

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Estimated
amount
completed
in

May

2019

    

Actual
amount
completed
in

May

2018

     Year-
on-year
increase
   

Total
estimated
amount
completed

in May

2019

     Total actual
amount
completed
in May
2018
     Year-
on-year
increase
 

RTK (revenue tonne-kilometres) (millions)

     1,875.31        1,684.40        11.33     9,060.15        8,264.52        9.63

— Domestic routes

     1,121.38        1,013.81        10.61     5,504.42        4,962.72        10.92

— International routes

     707.39        628.60        12.53     3,339.04        3,101.74        7.65

— Regional routes

     46.54        41.99        10.84     216.68        200.06        8.31

Overall load factor (%)

     67.79        68.37        -0.58 pts      66.78        67.55        -0.77 pts 

— Domestic routes

     72.68        74.39        -1.71 pts      72.20        73.11        -0.91 pts 

— International routes

     61.45        60.76        0.69 pts      59.65        60.45        -0.80 pts 

— Regional routes

     64.43        63.53        0.90 pts      62.80        63.57        -0.77 pts 

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

 

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

14 June 2019

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

 

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