UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of February 2021

Commission File Number: 001-14550

 

 

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Board Secretariat’s Office

5/F, Block A2, Northern District, CEA Building

36 Hongxiang 3rd Road, Minhang District

Shanghai, China 200335

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

						China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
								(Registrant)
Date		February 19, 2021				By		/s/ Wang Jian
								Name:		Wang Jian
								Title:		Company Secretary

 

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Certain statements contained in this announcement may be regarded as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this announcement represent the Company’s views as of the date of this announcement. While the Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s views to change, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, unless required by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this announcement.

 

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

 

INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR

JANUARY 2021

 

 

I.	OPERATIONS

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.

The Company has been unremittingly committed to normalizing epidemic prevention and control. Recently, the Company launched the full-process self-service from ticket purchase to boarding by scanning the logo of CEA in the two major airports of Shanghai Hongqiao and Pudong, introduced two CEA peripheral products, namely “CEA Taste” ( 東航味道 ) and “CEA Cultural and Creative” ( 東航文創 ), established the caring service area in the S1 Satellite Hall, and continued to put effort into the work of Spring Festival transportation in 2021 and strengthened epidemic prevention and control during the Spring Festival.

 

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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.

In January 2021, the Company launched new domestic passenger transportation routes such as Ningbo — Lanzhou, and Beijing Daxing — Taiyuan — Qionghai.

 

II.	FLEET STRUCTURE

In January 2021, the Company introduced one A320NEO aircraft. As of the end of January 2021, the Company operated a total of 726 aircraft, including 285 self-owned aircraft, 247 aircraft under finance lease and 194 aircraft under operating lease.

As of January 2021, details of the fleet structure of the Company were as follows:

 

																(Units)
No.		Model		Self-owned				Under finance lease				Under operating lease				Sub-total
		Wide-body passenger aircraft			44				45				5				94
1		B777 series			10				10				0				20
2		B787 series			3				7				0				10
3		A350 series			1				7				0				8
4		A330 series			30				21				5				56
		Narrow-body passenger aircraft			239				201				189				629
5		A320 series			137				128				72				337
6		B737 series			102				73				117				292
		Regional aircraft			2				1				0				3
7		ARJ series			2				1				0				3
		Total			285				247				194				726

 

Note:

The nine business aircraft self-owned by and held under trust of the Company were not included in the fleet structure.

 

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III.	MAJOR OPERATING DATA

 

		Amount completed in January 2021				Amount completed in January 2020				Year-on- year increase				Total amount completed in January 2021				Total amount completed in January 2020				Year-on- year increase
Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat-kilometres) (millions)			12,023.94				24,108.39				-50.13	%			12,023.94				24,108.39				-50.13	%
— Domestic routes			11,579.07				14,864.94				-22.10	%			11,579.07				14,864.94				-22.10	%
— International routes			390.39				8,782.39				-95.55	%			390.39				8,782.39				-95.55	%
— Regional routes			54.48				461.06				-88.18	%			54.48				461.06				-88.18	%
RPK (revenue passenger-kilometres) (millions)			7,148.88				18,138.88				-60.59	%			7,148.88				18,138.88				-60.59	%
— Domestic routes			6,988.98				11,105.82				-37.07	%			6,988.98				11,105.82				-37.07	%
— International routes			135.10				6,714.30				-97.99	%			135.10				6,714.30				-97.99	%
— Regional routes			24.80				318.76				-92.22	%			24.80				318.76				-92.22	%
Number of passengers carried (thousands)			5,141.65				10,132.08				-49.25	%			5,141.65				10,132.08				-49.25	%
— Domestic routes			5,101.74				8,315.62				-38.65	%			5,101.74				8,315.62				-38.65	%
— International routes			22.61				1,575.96				-98.57	%			22.61				1,575.96				-98.57	%
— Regional routes			17.29				240.50				-92.81	%			17.29				240.50				-92.81	%
Passenger load factor (%)			59.46				75.24				-15.78pts				59.46				75.24				-15.78pts
— Domestic routes			60.36				74.71				-14.35pts				60.36				74.71				-14.35pts
— International routes			34.61				76.45				-41.84pts				34.61				76.45				-41.84pts
— Regional routes			45.52				69.14				-23.62pts				45.52				69.14				-23.62pts
Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)			745.20				851.52				-12.49	%			745.20				851.52				-12.49	%
— Domestic routes			248.94				290.57				-14.33	%			248.94				290.57				-14.33	%
— International routes			493.34				546.98				-9.81	%			493.34				546.98				-9.81	%
— Regional routes			2.92				13.97				-79.09	%			2.92				13.97				-79.09	%

 

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		Amount completed in January 2021				Amount completed in January 2020				Year-on- year increase				Total amount completed in January 2021				Total amount completed in January 2020				Year-on- year increase
RFTK (revenue freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)			258.49				246.60				4.82	%			258.49				246.60				4.82	%
— Domestic routes			75.48				82.91				-8.96	%			75.48				82.91				-8.96	%
— International routes			182.22				161.82				12.61	%			182.22				161.82				12.61	%
— Regional routes			0.79				1.87				-57.99	%			0.79				1.87				-57.99	%
Weight of freight carried (million kg)			75.12				82.69				-9.16	%			75.12				82.69				-9.16	%
— Domestic routes			52.24				58.38				-10.53	%			52.24				58.38				-10.53	%
— International routes			22.10				22.62				-2.29	%			22.10				22.62				-2.29	%
— Regional routes			0.78				1.69				-53.61	%			0.78				1.69				-53.61	%
Freight load factor (%)			34.69				28.96				5.73pts				34.69				28.96				5.73pts
— Domestic routes			30.32				28.53				1.79pts				30.32				28.53				1.79pts
— International routes			36.94				29.58				7.35pts				36.94				29.58				7.35pts
— Regional routes			26.94				13.41				13.53pts				26.94				13.41				13.53pts
Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne-kilometres) (millions)			1,827.36				3,021.28				-39.52	%			1,827.36				3,021.28				-39.52	%
— Domestic routes			1,291.06				1,628.41				-20.72	%			1,291.06				1,628.41				-20.72	%
— International routes			528.48				1,337.40				-60.48	%			528.48				1,337.40				-60.48	%
— Regional routes			7.83				55.47				-85.89	%			7.83				55.47				-85.89	%
RTK (revenue tonne-kilometres) (millions)			895.51				1,827.14				-50.99	%			895.51				1,827.14				-50.99	%
— Domestic routes			698.28				1,051.71				-33.61	%			698.28				1,051.71				-33.61	%
— International routes			194.25				745.67				-73.95	%			194.25				745.67				-73.95	%
— Regional routes			2.99				29.76				-89.97	%			2.99				29.76				-89.97	%
Overall load factor (%)			49.01				60.48				-11.47pts				49.01				60.48				-11.47pts
— Domestic routes			54.09				64.58				-10.50pts				54.09				64.58				-10.50pts
— International routes			36.76				55.76				-19.00pts				36.76				55.76				-19.00pts
— Regional routes			38.16				53.66				-15.5pts				38.16				53.66				-15.5pts

 

Note:

Freight transportation data only contained data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft and passenger-to-freighter conversion. The table does not contain data of the total fleet of freighter aircraft.

 

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IV.	RISK ALERT

The board of directors of the Company hereby reminds investors that the operating data set forth above was compiled in accordance with the Company’s internal information which has not been audited and may be subject to adjustment. The operating data set forth above may differ from the data disclosed in any regular report for the relevant period. The Company reserves its rights to adjust the operating data based on audit findings and the actual situation. The monthly operating data disclosed by the Company only serves as preliminary and periodical data for investors’ reference. Investors are hereby reminded of the investment risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilisation of the information above.

The strike and impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic on the international and domestic businesses of the Company have great uncertainty in terms of their time span and severity. Investors are reminded of the risks thereof.

The data set forth above is published on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn), the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (www.hkex.com.hk) and the column “Investor Relations” on the website of the Company (www.ceair.com).

 

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Li Yangmin (Vice Chairman, President), Tang Bing (Director), Shao Ruiqing (Independent non-executive Director), Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director), Dong Xuebo (Independent non-executive Director) and Jiang Jiang (Employee Representative Director).

 

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