[ET Net News Agency, 16 December 2019] Air China Limited (00753) said In November 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 recorded a decrease as
compared to the same period last month. Passenger capacity (measured by available seat
kilometers (the ASK) and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 4.0% and
3.9% respectively. For domestic routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased
by 4.9% and 4.6% respectively, as compared to the same period last year. For international
routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 3.9% and 5.0% respectively,
as compared to the same period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes decreased
by 9.4%, and passenger traffic recorded a decrease of 17.9%, as compared to the same
period last year. The overall passenger load factor was 79.5%, representing a decrease of
0.1 percentage points as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor
for domestic routes decreased by 0.2 percentage points and international routes increased
by 0.8 percentage points as compared to the same period last year, and the passenger load
factor for regional routes decreased by 7.6 percentage points year-on-year.
In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne
kilometres (the AFTK) increased by 3.2% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic decreased by
4.0%, the volume of cargo and mail carried decreased by 1.2% as compared to the same
period last year. The cargo load factor was 43.9%, representing a year-on-year decrease of
3.3 percentage points. (RC)