[ET Net News Agency, 17 October 2019] China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
(00670) said in September 2019, the company's passenger transportation capacity (measured
by available seat-kilometres) increased by 12.08% year-on-year, among which, the passenger
transportation capacity of its domestic and international routes increased by 12.63% and
12.86% year-onyear, respectively, and the passenger transportation capacity of its
regional routes decreased by 11.31% year-on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by
revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 10.06% year-on-year, among which, the passenger
traffic volume of its domestic and international routes increased by 10.89% and 11.16%
year-on-year, respectively, and the passenger traffic volume of its regional routes
decreased by 24.39% year-on-year, mainly attributable to the decrease in passenger demand
as affected by the situation in Hong Kong, and the reduction of route capacity in Hong
Kong by the Company; and passenger load factor decreased by 1.47 percentage points
year-on-year to 79.81%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic,
international and regional routes decreased by 1.27, 1.19 and 12.02 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 September 2019 increased by 9.69%
year-on-year. (RC)