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 June 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		June 16, 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 MAY 2021

 

 

I.	OPERATIONS

In May 2021, the Company’s passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat- kilometres) increased by 93.53% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic, international and regional routes increased by 96.82%, 5.12% and 229.13% year-on-year, respectively; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 126.20% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic and regional routes increased by 129.23% and 1,122.16% year-on-year, respectively, while the passenger traffic volume of its international routes decreased by 4.84% year-on-year; and passenger load factor increased by 10.92 percentage points year-on-year to 75.59%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic and regional routes increased by 10.80 and 44.84 percentage points year-on-year, respectively, while the passenger load factor of its international routes decreased by 4.27 percentage points year-on-year.

 

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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 exclusive operation by China Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd. In May 2021, freight traffic volume increased by 61.20% year-on-year.

In May 2021, the Company launched new domestic passenger transportation routes such as Dalian — Xinyang — Guilin.

 

II.	FLEET STRUCTURE

In May 2021, the Company introduced five A320NEO aircraft and one ARJ21 aircraft. As of the end of May 2021, the Company operated a total of 738 aircraft, including 285 self-owned aircraft, 261 aircraft under finance lease and 192 aircraft under operating lease.

Details of the fleet structure were as follows:

(Units)

 

No.		Model		Self-owned				Under finance lease				Under operating lease				Sub-total
		Wide-body passenger aircraft			44				46				5				95
1		B777 series			10				10				0				20
2		B787 series			3				7				0				10
3		A350 series			1				8				0				9
4		A330 series			30				21				5				56
		Narrow-body passenger aircraft			239				212				187				638
5		A320 series			137				139				71				347
6		B737 series			102				73				116				291
		Regional aircraft			2				3				0				5
7		ARJ series			2				3				0				5
		Total			285				261				192				738

 

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 May 2021				Amount completed in May 2020				Year-on- year increase				Total amount completed from January to May in 2021				Total amount completed from January to May in 2020				Year-on- year increase
Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat-kilometres) (millions)			16,799.56				8,680.62				93.53	%			71,095.37				51,183.53				38.90	%
— Domestic routes			16,359.51				8,312.04				96.82	%			69,023.33				36,704.41				88.05	%
— International routes			362.78				345.11				5.12	%			1,800.17				13,838.83				-86.99	%
— Regional routes			77.28				23.48				229.13	%			271.87				640.30				-57.54	%
RPK (revenue passenger-kilometres) (millions)			12,699.23				5,614.17				126.20	%			49,917.06				34,165.28				46.10	%
— Domestic routes			12,503.91				5,454.86				129.23	%			49,119.32				24,455.85				100.85	%
— International routes			147.90				155.42				-4.84	%			654.44				9,339.75				-92.99	%
— Regional routes			47.42				3.88				1122.16	%			143.30				369.68				-61.24	%
Number of passengers carried (thousands)			9,335.09				4,171.14				123.80	%			36,284.47				20,562.44				76.46	%
— Domestic routes			9,281.53				4,144.81				123.93	%			36,080.81				18,235.67				97.86	%
— International routes			22.90				22.58				1.42	%			108.19				2,044.46				-94.71	%
— Regional routes			30.66				3.75				717.60	%			95.48				282.31				-66.18	%
Passenger load factor (%)			75.59				64.67				10.92	pts			70.21				66.75				3.46	pts
— Domestic routes			76.43				65.63				10.80	pts			71.16				66.63				4.53	pts
— International routes			40.77				45.04				-4.27	pts			36.35				67.49				-31.14	pts
— Regional routes			61.37				16.53				44.84	pts			52.71				57.74				-5.03	pts
Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)			945.22				611.94				54.46	%			4,283.08				2,300.53				86.18	%
— Domestic routes			345.32				144.46				139.04	%			1,512.59				673.60				124.55	%
— International routes			594.23				464.68				27.88	%			2,749.28				1,601.15				71.71	%
— Regional routes			5.67				2.80				102.50	%			21.21				25.78				-17.73	%

 

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		Amount completed in May 2021				Amount completed in May 2020				Year-on- year increase				Total amount completed from January to May in 2021				Total amount completed from January to May in 2020				Year-on- year increase
RFTK (revenue freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)			335.68				193.28				73.68	%			1,468.08				758.54				93.54	%
— Domestic routes			77.57				55.97				38.59	%			350.57				239.63				46.30	%
— International routes			257.20				136.71				88.14	%			1,113.19				514.13				116.52	%
— Regional routes			0.92				0.60				53.33	%			4.32				4.78				-9.62	%
Weight of freight carried (million kg)			85.97				53.33				61.20	%			382.56				232.98				64.20	%
— Domestic routes			54.24				38.85				39.61	%			242.42				165.98				46.05	%
— International routes			30.80				13.88				121.90	%			135.79				62.67				116.67	%
— Regional routes			0.92				0.60				53.33	%			4.35				4.33				0.46	%
Freight load factor (%)			35.51				31.58				3.93	pts			34.28				32.97				1.31	pts
— Domestic routes			22.46				38.74				-16.28	pts			23.18				35.57				-12.39	pts
— International routes			43.28				29.42				13.86	pts			40.49				32.11				8.38	pts
— Regional routes			16.16				21.51				-5.35	pts			20.37				18.53				1.84	pts
Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne-kilometres) (millions)			2,457.18				1,393.20				76.37	%			10,681.66				6,907.04				54.65	%
— Domestic routes			1,817.68				892.54				103.65	%			7,724.69				3,977.00				94.23	%
— International routes			626.88				495.74				26.45	%			2,911.29				2,846.64				2.27	%
— Regional routes			12.62				4.91				157.03	%			45.68				83.40				-45.23	%
RTK (revenue tonne-kilometres) (millions)			1,462.56				694.35				110.64	%			5,910.45				3,758.91				57.24	%
— Domestic routes			1,187.11				542.85				118.68	%			4,721.97				2,394.62				97.19	%
— International routes			270.34				150.56				79.56	%			1,171.44				1,327.18				-11.73	%
— Regional routes			5.12				0.95				438.95	%			17.03				37.11				-54.11	%
Overall load factor (%)			59.52				49.84				9.68	pts			55.33				54.42				0.91	pts
— Domestic routes			65.31				60.82				4.49	pts			61.13				60.21				0.92	pts
— International routes			43.12				30.37				12.75	pts			40.24				46.62				-6.38	pts
— Regional routes			40.53				19.25				21.28	pts			37.29				44.49				-7.20	pts

 

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 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic still has an impact on the air transportation business of the Company, especially on the international and regional routes, the time span and severity of which has great uncertainty. 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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