Unassociated Document
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 April 2008.
Commission
File Number: 001-14550
China
Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
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(Translation
of Registrant’s name into English)
2550
Hongqiao Road
Hongqiao
Airport
Shanghai,
China 200335
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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40-F
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is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
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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.
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China
Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited |
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(Registrant)
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April
21, 2008
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Li
Fenghua
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Name: Li Fenghua |
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Title:
Chairman of
the Board of Directors |
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.
China
Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
CLARIFICATION
ANNOUNCEMENT
| The Company and all the members of
the Board
of Directors hereby confirm the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness
of
the contents of this announcement and jointly accept full responsibility
for any false representation, misleading statement or material omission
herein contained. |
China
Eastern Air Holding Company,
the
controlling shareholder of China
Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the “Company”)
received the “Notice Concerning Penalty
for the Flight Return Incidents Incurred by the Yunnan Branch of China
Eastern” (the “Notice”) from
the
Civil Aviation Administration of China on April 16, 2008. As requested by
the
Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Company is publishing the Notice as follows:
"Notice
Concerning
Punishment for the Flight Return Incident Incurred by the Yunnan Branch of
China
Eastern"
To
China Eastern Air Holding Company:
After
the technical
investigation on the flight return incidents incurred by the Yunnan branch
of
your company on March 31 and April 1, the investigation team of Civil Aviation
Administration Southwest Bureau found that of the 21 flights that returned
to
their departure points, 1 flight returned due to aircraft malfunction, 2
flights
returned due to weather conditions, 4 flights returned deliberately without
technical reasons, 5 flights returned due to pilots’ mishandling as a result of
blindly following the lead of other pilots who returned, and 9 flights returned
due to reasons as yet unknown as a result of malfunctioning decoding equipment,
lack of data recorded or data errors in the quick access recorder (QAR),
or
other reasons unrelated to technical aspects.
We
are of the view that these incidents, although some were caused by weather
conditions and individual aircraft malfunction, were mainly the result of
concerted actions by a small number of pilots at the Yunnan branch of your
company who ignored the rights of travelers and reversed the routes for reasons
other than technical reasons.
1.
The penalty decision
In
view of the disruption and damages made to the normal order of aviation
operations and the internal and external adverse impacts caused by these
incidents, the violation by your company's Yunnan branch of the following
regulations: "Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Regulations of the People's Republic
of China"; "Qualification Rules for Carriers of Large-scale Public Air Transport
Operation "(CCAR121 Bu); "Airworthiness Directive "(CAD97-MULT-38) and the
"Administrative Measures for Flight Quality Control"(MD-AS-2000-001), and
in
order to safeguard the interests of passengers and maintaining healthy
development of this industry and resurrect the operation of your company,
we
intend to impose the following penalties on your company:
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Suspend
the
right to operate flights for certain routes in the Yunnan region
held by
your company and grant those rights to other airlines. The specific
routes
and flights to be cancelled and implementation details are subject
to the
direction of the Civil Aviation Administration Southwest Bureau.
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Your
company will be required to pay a fine of RMB1.5 million which
will be
handed over to the state government. Your company should complete
within
three months the modifications and upgrades to relevant equipment
so that
the QAR can resume normal decoding
functions. |
2.
In response to these incidents, your company should actively carry out the
following tasks.
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In
accordance with the notification and requirements from the Civil
Aviation
Administration of China as to the further strengthening of the existing
safety work, the rules and regulations of all applicable regulations
should be strictly complied with, staff should be properly managed
and
flight safety should be ensured. |
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According
to the "Law on Civil Aviation of the People's Republic of
China", the "Contract Law of the People's Republic of China" and
other
relevant laws and regulations, proper handling of the flight return
incidents and the rights and interests of passengers should be undertaken
as soon as possible. |
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We
suggest that serious steps should be taken against the senior management
members responsible for these incidents. At the same time, we propose
that
education and rectification programs should be provided to the staff
in
the Yunnan branch regarding relevant legal issues, duty of responsibility
and professional ethics. |
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Continue
to investigate the flight return incidents that occurred
on March 31 and April 1 and to discern the non-technical reasons
for the
return of some of the flights. Serious steps should be taken against
those
responsible persons according to the relevant law and regulations
and a
report on the investigation results should be submitted to us.
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As
of
today, the Company’s Yunnan branch has not received any formal decision to
suspend the right of the Yunnan branch to operate flights for certain routes
in
the Yunnan region. Upon receipt of the relevant decision, the Company will
duly
comply with the provisions of the listing rules on the requirements for
information disclosure and make a separate announcement in due course.
Shanghai
Securities News is the selected newspaper for information disclosure. The
information as released by the Company in the newspaper should be considered
accurate. Investors are reminded to act prudently in their investment decisions
and be aware of potential risks.
Board
of
Directors of China
Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
April
18,
2008