[ET Net News Agency, 15 October 2019] 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.
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