[ET Net News Agency, 16 February 2022] Air China Limited (00753) said in January 2022,
the group recorded a year-on-year and a month-on-month increase in combined passenger
traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometres (the RPK)). Passenger capacity (measured
by available seat kilometres (the ASK)) recorded a year-on-year increase of 2.0% and a
month-on-month increase of 10.3%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of
0.7% and a month-on-month increase of 3.7%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger
capacity increased by 2.5% year on year and increased by 10.7% month on month, and
passenger traffic increased by 1.0% year on year and increased by 4.1% month on month. For
international routes, passenger capacity decreased by 34.0% and 3.2% as compared to the
same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic
decreased by 51.8% and 36.7% as compared to the same period last year and the previous
month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by 71.1% and 12.0%
as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and
passenger traffic recorded an increase of 105.8% year on year and an increase of 28.3%
month on month.
The overall passenger load factor was 59.6%, representing a decrease of 0.8 percentage
points as compared to the same period last year and a decrease of 3.8 percentage points as
compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes
decreased by 0.9 percentage points year on year and decreased by 3.9 percentage points
month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes decreased by 10.4
percentage points and 15.0 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and
the previous month, respectively, and the passenger load factor for regional routes
increased by 8.9 percentage points year on year and increased by 6.7 percentage points
month on month.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne
kilometres (the AFTK)) increased by 34.3% year on year, and cargo and mail traffic
(measured by revenue freight tonne kilometres (the RFTK)) increased by 17.8% year on year.
The cargo load factor was 36.7%, representing a year-on-year decrease of 5.1 percentage
points. (RC)