[ET Net News Agency, 19 March 2020] China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (00670)
said in February 2020, the company's passenger transportation capacity (measured by
available seat-kilometres) decreased by 72.66% year-on-year, among which, the passenger
transportation capacity of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by
77.99%, 61.74% and 84.21% year-on-year, respectively; passenger traffic volume (measured
by revenue passenger-kilometres) decreased by 83.74% year-on-year, among which, the
passenger traffic volume of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by
88.47%, 73.85% and 92.82% year-on-year, respectively; and passenger load factor decreased
by 34.24 percentage points year-on-year to 50.28%, among which, the passenger load factor
of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by 40.76, 26.23 and 43.73
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 February 2020 decreased by 57.83%
year-on-year. (RC)