[ET Net News Agency, 18 November 2019] China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
(00670) said in October 2019, the company's passenger transportation capacity (measured by
available seat-kilometres) increased by 9.28% year-on-year, among which, the passenger
transportation capacity of its domestic and international routes increased by 9.44% and
10.62% year-onyear, respectively, and the passenger transportation capacity of its
regional routes decreased by 11.96% year-on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by
revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 7.91% year-on-year, among which, the passenger
traffic volume of its domestic and international routes increased by 8.19% and 9.85%
year-on-year, respectively, and the passenger traffic volume of its regional routes
decreased by 22.74% 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 1.02 percentage points
year-on-year to 80.82%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic,
international and regional routes decreased by 0.97, 0.54 and 9.87 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 October 2019 increased by 10.08%
year-on-year. (RC)