[ET Net News Agency, 16 January 2020] Air China Limited (00753) said in December 2019,
the group maintained growth in combined passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger
kilometres (the RPK)) as compared to the same period last year and as compared to the same
period last month.
Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (the ASK)) and passenger
traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 4.6% and 5.0% respectively. For domestic
routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 5.7% and 6.6% respectively,
as compared to the same period last year. For international routes, passenger capacity and
passenger traffic increased by 4.2% and 5.0% respectively, as compared to the same period
last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes decreased by 8.6%, and passenger traffic
recorded a decrease of 17.3%, as compared to the same period last year.
The overall passenger load factor was 78.9%, representing an increase of 0.3 percentage
points as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor for domestic
routes increased by 0.6 percentage points and for international routes increased by 0.6
percentage points as compared to the same period last year, and the passenger load factor
for regional routes decreased by 7.8 percentage points year-on-year.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne
kilometres (the AFTK)) increased by 2.6% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic decreased by
5.1%, the volume of cargo and mail carried decreased by 0.9% as compared to the same
period last year. The cargo load factor was 42.6%, representing a year-on-year decrease of
3.4 percentage points. (RC)