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 2018

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

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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

 

 

 

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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 19, 2018				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.

 

 

INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR MAY 2018

 

 

I.	OPERATING DATA

 

		Estimated amount completed in May 2018				Actual amount completed in May 2017				Year-on- year increase				Total estimated amount completed in January to May 2018				Total actual amount completed in January to May 2017				Year-on- year increase
Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat — kilometres) (millions)			20,168.82				18,520.44				8.9	%			99,211.53				90,828.38				9.2	%
— Domestic routes			12,669.43				11,602.29				9.2	%			62,070.03				56,766.33				9.3	%
— International routes			6,950.30				6,417.21				8.3	%			34,544.24				31,628.17				9.2	%
— Regional routes			549.10				500.94				9.6	%			2,597.27				2,433.88				6.7	%
RPK (revenue passenger — kilometres) (millions)			16,419.26				14,860.76				10.5	%			81,575.17				73,868.15				10.4	%
— Domestic routes			10,544.33				9,579.85				10.1	%			51,845.23				47,085.53				10.1	%
— International routes			5,432.31				4,880.41				11.3	%			27,613.15				24,869.61				11.0	%
— Regional routes			442.61				400.51				10.5	%			2,116.79				1,913.01				10.7	%

 

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		Estimated amount completed in May 2018				Actual amount completed in May 2017				Year-on- year increase				Total estimated amount completed in January to May 2018				Total actual amount completed in January to May 2017				Year-on- year increase
Number of passengers carried (thousands)			10,022.40				9,112.02				10.0	%			49,012.15				44,695.09				9.7	%
— Domestic routes			8,410.87				7,698.31				9.3	%			40,762.83				37,220.85				9.5	%
— International routes			1,291.53				1,119.34				15.4	%			6,702.75				6,055.10				10.7	%
— Regional routes			320.00				294.38				8.7	%			1,546.57				1,419.14				9.0	%
Passenger load factor (%)			81.41				80.24				1.17	pts			82.22				81.33				0.90	pts
— Domestic routes			83.23				82.57				0.66	pts			83.53				82.95				0.58	pts
— International routes			78.16				76.05				2.11	pts			79.94				78.63				1.30	pts
— Regional routes			80.61				79.95				0.66	pts			81.50				78.60				2.90	pts
Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne — kilometres) (millions)			643.74				560.75				14.8	%			3,277.91				2,761.01				18.7	%
— Domestic routes			218.23				194.78				12.0	%			1,175.93				968.60				21.4	%
— International routes			408.34				350.32				16.6	%			2,020.14				1,715.85				17.7	%
— Regional routes			17.18				15.65				9.8	%			81.83				76.56				6.9	%
RFTK (revenue freight tonne — kilometres) (millions)			219.03				209.84				4.4	%			1,037.53				968.08				7.2	%
— Domestic routes			71.04				72.67				–2.2	%			357.80				357.40				0.1	%
— International routes			145.06				134.31				8.0	%			665.67				597.26				11.5	%
— Regional routes			2.93				2.87				2.2	%			14.06				13.42				4.8	%
Weight of freight carried (million kg)			74.81				72.37				3.4	%			368.67				354.48				4.0	%
— Domestic routes			51.95				51.77				0.3	%			261.94				257.52				1.7	%
— International routes			20.36				18.15				12.2	%			94.74				85.48				10.8	%
— Regional routes			2.49				2.45				1.9	%			12.00				11.48				4.5	%
Freight load factor (%)			34.02				37.42				–3.40	pts			31.65				35.06				–3.41	pts
— Domestic routes			32.55				37.31				–4.75	pts			30.43				36.90				–6.47	pts
— International routes			35.52				38.34				–2.81	pts			32.95				34.81				–1.86	pts
— Regional routes			17.05				18.31				–1.26	pts			17.19				17.52				–0.34	pts

 

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		Estimated amount completed in May 2018				Actual amount completed in May 2017				Year-on- year increase				Total estimated amount completed in January to May 2018				Total actual amount completed in January to May 2017				Year-on- year increase
Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne — kilometres) (millions)			2,458.94				2,227.59				10.4	%			12,206.94				10,935.57				11.6	%
— Domestic routes			1,358.48				1,238.99				9.6	%			6,762.23				6,077.57				11.3	%
— International routes			1,033.87				927.87				11.4	%			5,129.12				4,562.39				12.4	%
— Regional routes			66.59				60.73				9.7	%			315.59				295.61				6.8	%
RTK (revenue tonne — kilometres) (millions)			1,681.72				1,533.26				9.7	%			8,240.01				7,513.41				9.7	%
— Domestic routes			1,010.79				926.06				9.1	%			4,939.77				4,534.59				8.9	%
— International routes			628.67				568.82				10.5	%			3,099.80				2,796.56				10.8	%
— Regional routes			42.26				38.38				10.1	%			200.43				182.26				10.0	%
Overall load factor (%)			68.39				68.83				–0.44	pts			67.50				68.71				–1.20	pts
— Domestic routes			74.41				74.74				–0.34	pts			73.05				74.61				–1.56	pts
— International routes			60.81				61.30				–0.50	pts			60.44				61.30				–0.86	pts
— Regional routes			63.46				63.20				0.26	pts			63.51				61.66				1.85	pts

Notes: Freight transportation data only contained data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft.

 

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II.	FLEET STRUCTURE

In May 2018, the Company introduced one aircraft (one B737-800 aircraft), and retired one aircraft (one B767 aircraft). As at the end of May 2018, details of the fleet structure of aircraft of the Company were as follows:

 

																(Units)
No.		Model		Self-owned				Under finance lease				Under operating lease				Sub-total
Wide-body passenger aircraft					29				45				5				79
1		B777-300ER			9				11				0				20
2		B767			3				0				0				3
3		A330-200			15				15				0				30
4		A330-300			2				19				5				26
Narrow-body passenger aircraft					221				201				135				557
5		B737-700			43				12				0				55
6		B737-800			46				71				84				201
7		A319			13				20				2				35
8		A320			80				51				49				180
9		A321			39				38				0				77
10		B737-8MAX			0				9				0				9
		Total			250				246				140				636

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

 

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III.	BRIEF EXPLANATION ON OPERATING DATA

In relation to passenger traffic, passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat- kilometres) of the Company in May 2018 increased by 8.9% year-on-year, passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 10.5% year-on-year, and passenger load factor increased by 1.17 percentage points to 81.41% year-on-year.

In relation to freight traffic, freight transportation capacity (measured by available freight tonne-kilometres) of the Company in May 2018 increased by 14.8% year-on-year. Freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight tonne-kilometres) increased by 4.4% year-on-year, while freight load factor decreased by 3.40 percentage points to 34.02% year-on-year.

In May 2018, the Company launched new international routes such as Shanghai-Xi’an-St. Petersburg, and new domestic routes such as Xi’an-Baotou.

 

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).

 

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), Gu Jiadan (Director), Tang Bing (Director, Vice President), Tian Liuwen (Director, Vice President), Yuan Jun (Employee Representative Director), 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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