[ET Net News Agency, 16 November 2021] China Southern Airlines Company Limited (01055)
said in October 2021, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (ASK)) of
the group decreased by 20.57% as compared with the same period last year (a year-on-year
(YoY) basis), of which, passenger capacity for domestic, regional and international routes
decreased by 20.08%, 48.96% and 32.39%, respectively, as compared with the same period
last year. Compared with the same period last year, passenger traffic (measured by revenue
passenger kilometres (RPK)) decreased by 27.72%, of which, passenger traffic for domestic,
regional and international routes decreased by 27.36%, 66.43% and 40.25%, respectively, as
compared with the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 69.57%,
representing a decrease of 6.88 percentage points as compared with the same period last
year, of which, the passenger load factor for domestic, regional and international routes
decreased by 7.04, 10.29 and 6.45 percentage points, respectively, as compared with the
same period last year.
In terms of cargo operations, in October 2021, cargo capacity (measured by available
tonne kilometres (ATK) - Cargo and Mail) decreased by 13.38% as compared with the same
period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (RTK) -
Cargo and Mail) decreased by 5.01% as compared with the same period last year. The cargo
and mail load factor was 51.44%, representing an increase of 4.53 percentage points as
compared with the same period last year. (RC)