Air China (00753) Sep passenger capacity up 4.9%

   Air China Limited (00753) said in September 2019, the group maintained growth in combined passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the RPK)) as compared to the same period last year and recorded decrease 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 4.9% and 5.0% respectively. For domestic routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 7.5% and 6.5% respectively, as compared to the same period last year. For international routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 1.9% and 4.7% respectively, as compared to the same period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes decreased by 3.0%, and passenger traffic recorded a decrease of 15.7%, as compared to the same period last year.
  The passenger load factor was 80.6%, representing an increase of 0.1 percentage point as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor for domestic routes decreased by 0.7 percentage point and international routes increased by 2.1 percentage points as compared to the same period last year, and load factor for regional routes decreased by 10.3 percentage points year-on-year.
  In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometres (the AFTK)) increased by 0.7% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometres (the RFTK)) decreased by 7.9%, and the volume of cargo and mail carried decreased by 5.4% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 44.7%, representing a year-on-year decrease of 4.2 percentage points.