[ET Net News Agency, 19 February 2021] China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
(00670) said in January 2021, the company's passenger transportation capacity (measured by
available seat-kilometres) decreased by 50.13% year-on-year, among which, the passenger
transportation capacity of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by
22.10%, 95.55% and 88.18% year-on-year, respectively; passenger traffic volume (measured
by revenue passenger-kilometres) decreased by 60.59% year-on-year, among which, the
passenger traffic volume of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by
37.07%, 97.99% and 92.22% year-on-year, respectively; and passenger load factor decreased
by 15.78 percentage points year-on-year to 59.46%, among which, the passenger load factor
of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by 14.35, 41.84 and 23.62
percentage points year-on-year, respectively.
In relation to freight transportation, the freight transportation business of the
company only consists of freight transportation operated through passenger aircraft, and
such business is under contractual operation by China Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd. In January
2021, freight load volume increased by 5.73% year-on-year. (RC)