UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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 November 2017

 

Commission File Number: 001-14550

 

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

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(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

Board Secretariat’s Office

Kong Gang San Lu, Number 88

Shanghai, China 200335

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(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

November 16, 2017

   By /s/ Wang Jian
        Name: Wang Jian
        Title: Company Secretary

 

   

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR OCTOBER 2017

 

 
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 (“Listing Rules”) and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
 
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.OPERATING DATA

 

               Total   Total actual     
       Actual       estimated   amount     
   Estimated   amount       amount for   completed in     
   amount for   completed in       January to   January to     
   October   October   Year-on-year   October   October   Year-on-year 
   2017   2016   increase   2017   2016   increase 
                         
Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat – kilometres) (millions)   19,655.35    17,860.33    10.1%   187,898.21    171,550.15    9.5%
– Domestic routes   12,198.42    11,302.57    7.9%   116,878.66    107,747.58    8.5%
– International routes   6,941.32    6,098.63    13.8%   66,083.96    59,099.81    11.8%
– Regional routes   515.60    459.13    12.3%   4,935.59    4,702.77    5.0%
                               
RPK (revenue passenger – kilometres) (millions)   15,735.58    14,549.42    8.2%   152,691.68    140,119.19    9.0%
– Domestic routes   10,117.13    9,542.92    6.0%   97,176.10    89,003.48    9.2%
– International routes   5,201.86    4,660.46    11.6%   51,569.67    47,482.70    8.6%
– Regional routes   416.58    346.04    20.4%   3,945.92    3,633.01    8.6%

 

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               Total   Total actual     
       Actual       estimated   amount     
   Estimated   amount       amount for   completed in     
   amount for   completed in       January to   January to     
   October   October   Year-on-year   October   October   Year-on-year 
   2017   2016   increase   2017   2016   increase 
                         
Number of passengers carried (thousands)   9,628.58    8,956.15    7.5%   92,204.91    85,238.20    8.2%
– Domestic routes   8,100.60    7,563.69    7.1%   77,004.91    70,500.73    9.2%
– International routes   1,221.85    1,135.76    7.6%   12,287.49    12,049.42    2.0%
– Regional routes   306.14    256.71    19.3%   2,912.50    2,688.04    8.4%
                               
Passenger load factor (%)   80.06    81.46    –1.40pts   81.26    81.68    –0.42pts
– Domestic routes   82.94    84.43    –1.49pts   83.14    82.60    0.54pts
– International routes   74.94    76.42    –1.48pts   78.04    80.34    –2.31pts
– Regional routes   80.79    75.37    5.43pts   79.95    77.25    2.70pts
                               
Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne – kilometres) (millions)   609.48    551.72    10.5%   5,904.23    5,472.31    7.9%
– Domestic routes   193.76    189.16    2.4%   1,867.70    1,790.27    4.3%
– International routes   400.28    350.48    14.2%   3,880.47    3,559.87    9.0%
– Regional routes   15.45    12.08    27.9%   156.06    122.18    27.7%
                               
RFTK (revenue freight tonne – kilometres) (millions)   230.55    218.26    5.6%   2,201.26    2,068.72    6.4%
– Domestic routes   78.01    84.14    –7.3%   726.33    748.79    –3.0%
– International routes   148.90    131.26    13.4%   1,437.32    1,287.83    11.6%
– Regional routes   3.65    2.85    27.9%   37.61    32.10    17.2%
                               
Weight of freight carried (million kg)   80.77    82.65    –2.3%   762.45    758.35    0.5%
– Domestic routes   56.92    60.33    –5.6%   523.75    538.04    –2.7%
– International routes   20.80    19.87    4.7%   207.20    193.19    7.3%
– Regional routes   3.05    2.45    24.3%   31.50    27.12    16.1%
                               
Freight load factor (%)   37.83    39.56    –1.73pts   37.28    37.80    –0.52pts
– Domestic routes   40.26    44.48    –4.22pts   38.89    41.83    –2.94pts
– International routes   37.20    37.45    –0.25pts   37.04    36.18    0.86pts
– Regional routes   23.62    23.61    0.01pts   24.10    26.27    –2.17pts

 

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               Total   Total actual     
       Actual       estimated   amount     
   Estimated   amount       amount for   completed in     
   amount for   completed in       January to   January to     
   October   October   Year-on-year   October   October   Year-on-year 
   2017   2016   increase   2017   2016   increase 
                         
Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne – kilometres) (millions)   2,378.46    2,159.15    10.2%   22,815.07    20,911.83    9.1%
– Domestic routes   1,291.61    1,206.40    7.1%   12,386.78    11,487.55    7.8%
– International routes   1,025.00    899.35    14.0%   9,828.02    8,878.85    10.7%
– Regional routes   61.85    53.40    15.8%   600.27    545.43    10.1%
                               
RTK (revenue tonne – kilometres) (millions)   1,626.27    1,513.77    7.4%   15,677.42    14,458.79    8.4%
– Domestic routes   974.72    933.89    4.4%   9,310.88    8,631.60    7.9%
– International routes   610.99    546.29    11.8%   5,981.13    5,474.59    9.3%
– Regional routes   40.56    33.58    20.8%   385.41    352.60    9.3%
                               
Overall load factor (%)   68.37    70.11    –1.73pts   68.72    69.14    –0.43pts
– Domestic routes   75.47    77.41    –1.95pts   75.17    75.14    0.03pts
– International routes   59.61    60.74    –1.13pts   60.86    61.66    –0.80pts
– Regional routes   65.58    62.89    2.69pts   64.21    64.65    –0.44pts

 

Notes:

 

1.As China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the “Company”) completed the disposal of the entire equity interest in Eastern Air Logistics Co., Ltd.* (東方航空物流有限公司) (“Eastern Logistics”) to Eastern Airlines Industry Investment Company Limited* (東方航空產業投資有限公 司) (“Eastern Investment”, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Eastern Air Holding Company* (中國東方航空集團公司), the controlling shareholder of the Company) in early February 2017, the freight data and consolidated monthly data of the Company since February 2017 and subsequent months shall not include the freight data of all freighters, but only freight data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft. The data for the corresponding period of last year shall no longer include the freight data of all freighters and shall be adjusted to comparable basis.

 

2.Please refer to the latest annual report or interim report of the Company for the definitions of the indicators.

 

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II.FLEET STRUCTURE

 

In October 2017, the Company introduced six aircraft (two A320 aircraft and four B737-800 aircraft), and retired two aircraft (one A319 aircraft and one B767 aircraft).

 

As the Company completed the disposal of the entire equity interest in Eastern Logistics to Eastern Investment in early February 2017, the fleet data of the Company shall no longer include the freight data operated by China Cargo Airlines Co., Limited* (中國貨 運航空有限公司), a controlled subsidiary of Eastern Logistics. As at the end of October 2017, details of the fleet structure of aircraft of the Company are as follows:

 

                  (Units) 
                    
          Under   Under     
          finance   operating     
No.  Model  Self-owned   lease   lease   Sub-total 
                    
   Wide-body passenger aircraft   30    42    10    82 
1  B777-300ER   9    11    0    20 
2  B767   5    0    0    5 
3  A330-200   15    15    3    33 
4  A330-300   1    16    7    24 
                        
   Narrow-body passenger aircraft   218    182    129    529 
5  B737-700   42    13    2    57 
6  B737-800   46    60    80    186 
7  A319   13    20    2    35 
8  A320   79    52    45    176 
9  A321   38    37    0    75 
                        
   Total   248    224    139    611 

 

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

 

III.BRIEF EXPLANATION ON OPERATING DATA

 

In relation to passenger traffic, passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) of the Company in October 2017 increased by 10.1% year-on-year, passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 8.2% year- on-year, and passenger load factor decreased by 1.4 percentage points to 80.06% year- on-year.

 

Freight transportation capacity (measured by available freight tonne-kilometres) of the Company in October 2017 increased by 10.5% year-on-year. Freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight tonne-kilometres) increased by 5.6% year-on-year, while freight load factor decreased by 1.73 percentage points to 37.83% year-on-year.

 

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In October 2017, the Company launched new international routes such as Shanghai-Xi’an-Prague and Yantai-Fuzhou-Singapore and new domestic routes such as Lanzhou-Sanya, Chengdu-Yantai and Wuhan-Shantou.

 

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” 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
  16 November 2017

 

*for identification purpose only

 

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Ma Xulun (Vice Chairman, President), Li Yangmin (Director, Vice President), Xu Zhao (Director), Gu Jiadan (Director), Tang Bing (Director, Vice President), Tian Liuwen (Director, Vice President), Li Ruoshan (Independent non-executive Director), Ma Weihua (Independent non-executive Director), Shao Ruiqing (Independent non-executive Director) and Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director).

 

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