UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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 December 2017

 

Commission File Number: 001-14550

 

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

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(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

Board Secretariat’s Office

Kong Gang San Lu, Number 88

Shanghai, China 200335

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(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:  x Form 20-F    ¨ Form 40-F

 

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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	December 18, 2017		By	/s/ Wang Jian
				Name: Wang Jian
				Title: Company Secretary

 

 

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.

 

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 NOVEMBER 2017

 

This overseas regulatory announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Listing Rules”) and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

The Company and all members of the board of directors confirm that the information contained in this announcement is true, accurate and complete, and no misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions are contained herein.

 

I.

OPERATING DATA

 

		Estimated amount for November 2017				Actual amount completed in November 2016				Year-on-year increase				Total estimated amount for January to November 2017				Total actual amount completed in January to November 2016				Year-on-year increase
Passenger Transportation Data
ASK (available seat – kilometres) (millions)			18,631.71				16,859.16				10.5	%			206,529.93				188,409.31				9.6	%
– Domestic routes			11,998.70				10,762.57				11.5	%			128,877.36				118,510.15				8.7	%
– International routes			6,142.13				5,661.99				8.5	%			72,226.09				64,761.80				11.5	%
– Regional routes			490.88				434.59				13.0	%			5,426.47				5,137.36				5.6	%
RPK (revenue passenger – kilometres) (millions)			14,980.92				13,340.59				12.3	%			167,672.61				153,459.78				9.3	%
– Domestic routes			9,978.00				8,682.10				14.9	%			107,154.10				97,685.58				9.7	%
– International routes			4,603.71				4,317.39				6.6	%			56,173.38				51,800.09				8.4	%
– Regional routes			399.21				341.10				17.0	%			4,345.13				3,974.11				9.3	%

 

 

		Estimated amount for November 2017				Actual amount completed in November 2016				Year-on-year increase				Total estimated amount for January to November 2017				Total actual amount completed in January to November 2016				Year-on-year increase
Number of passengers carried (thousands)			9,297.49				8,210.42				13.2	%			101,502.39				93,448.62				8.6	%
– Domestic routes			7,862.86				6,880.12				14.3	%			84,867.76				77,380.86				9.7	%
– International routes			1,139.62				1,078.55				5.7	%			13,427.11				13,127.97				2.3	%
– Regional routes			295.01				251.75				17.2	%			3,207.52				2,939.79				9.1	%
Passenger load factor (%)			80.41				79.13				1.28	pts			81.19				81.45				–0.26	pts
– Domestic routes			83.16				80.67				2.49	pts			83.14				82.43				0.72	pts
– International routes			74.95				76.25				–1.30	pts			77.77				79.99				–2.21	pts
– Regional routes			81.33				78.49				2.84	pts			80.07				77.36				2.72	pts
Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne – kilometres) (millions)			584.21				509.84				14.6	%			6,488.44				5,982.15				8.5	%
– Domestic routes			218.41				184.07				18.7	%			2,086.11				1,974.34				5.7	%
– International routes			350.75				313.62				11.8	%			4,231.22				3,873.49				9.2	%
– Regional routes			15.05				12.15				23.9	%			171.12				134.33				27.4	%
RFTK (revenue freight tonne – kilometres) (millions)			229.39				208.42				10.1	%			2,430.65				2,277.14				6.7	%
– Domestic routes			84.41				89.58				–5.8	%			810.74				838.37				–3.3	%
– International routes			141.26				116.20				21.6	%			1,578.58				1,404.04				12.4	%
– Regional routes			3.73				2.64				41.2	%			41.34				34.74				19.0	%
Weight of freight carried (million kg)			85.52				84.69				1.0	%			847.97				843.05				0.6	%
– Domestic routes			61.94				65.37				–5.2	%			585.69				603.41				–2.9	%
– International routes			20.44				17.06				19.8	%			227.63				210.25				8.3	%
– Regional routes			3.14				2.27				38.8	%			34.64				29.39				17.9	%
Freight load factor (%)			39.27				40.88				–1.6	pts			37.46				38.07				–0.60	pts
– Domestic routes			38.65				48.67				–10.02	pts			38.86				42.46				–3.60	pts
– International routes			40.27				37.05				3.22	pts			37.31				36.25				1.06	pts
– Regional routes			24.74				21.72				3.03	pts			24.16				25.86				–1.70	pts

 

		Estimated amount for November 2017				Actual amount completed in November 2016				Year-on-year increase				Total estimated amount for January to November 2017				Total actual amount completed in January to November 2016				Year-on-year increase
Consolidated Data
ATK (available tonne – kilometres) (millions)			2,261.07				2,027.16				11.5	%			25,076.14				22,938.99				9.3	%
– Domestic routes			1,298.29				1,152.70				12.6	%			13,685.07				12,640.25				8.3	%
– International routes			903.54				823.20				9.8	%			10,731.57				9,702.05				10.6	%
– Regional routes			59.23				51.26				15.5	%			659.50				596.69				10.5	%
RTK (revenue tonne – kilometres) (millions)			1,567.28				1,401.84				11.8	%			17,244.70				15,860.63				8.7	%
– Domestic routes			975.86				866.69				12.6	%			10,286.74				9,498.28				8.3	%
– International routes			552.12				502.05				10.0	%			6,533.25				5,976.65				9.3	%
– Regional routes			39.30				33.10				18.8	%			424.72				385.70				10.1	%
Overall load factor (%)			69.32				69.15				0.16	pts			68.77				69.14				–0.37	pts
– Domestic routes			75.16				75.19				–0.02	pts			75.17				75.14				0.02	pts
– International routes			61.11				60.99				0.12	pts			60.88				61.60				–0.72	pts
– Regional routes			66.35				64.56				1.79	pts			64.40				64.64				–0.24	pts

 

Notes:

 

1.

As China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the “Company”) completed the disposal of the entire equity interest in Eastern Air Logistics Co., Ltd.* (東方航空物流有限公司) (“Eastern Logistics”) to Eastern Airlines Industry Investment Company Limited* (東方航空產業投資有限公 司) (“Eastern Investment”, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Eastern Air Holding Company* (中國東方航空集團公司), the controlling shareholder of the Company) in early February 2017, the freight data and consolidated monthly data of the Company since February 2017 and subsequent months shall not include the freight data of all freighters, but only freight data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft. The data for the corresponding period of last year shall no longer include the freight data of all freighters and shall be adjusted to comparable basis.

 

2.

Please refer to the latest annual report or interim report of the Company for the definitions of the indicators.

 

 

II.

FLEET STRUCTURE

 

In November 2017, the Company introduced eight aircraft (four B737-800 aircraft, two B737-8MAX aircraft and two A320 aircraft), and retired one aircraft (one B767 aircraft).

 

As the Company completed the disposal of the entire equity interest in Eastern Logistics to Eastern Investment in early February 2017, the fleet data of the Company shall no longer include the freight data operated by China Cargo Airlines Co., Limited* (中 國貨運航空有限公司), a controlled subsidiary of Eastern Logistics. As at the end of November 2017, details of the fleet structure of aircraft of the Company are as follows:

 

(Units)

No.		Model		Self-owned				Under finance lease				Under operating lease				Sub-total
		Wide-body passenger aircraft			29				42				10				81
1		B777-300ER			9				11				0				20
2		B767			4				0				0				4
3		A330-200			15				15				3				33
4		A330-300			1				16				7				24
		Narrow-body passenger aircraft			218				186				133				537
5		B737-700			42				13				2				57
6		B737-800			46				62				82				190
7		A319			13				20				2				35
8		A320			79				52				47				178
9		A321			38				37				0				75
10		B737-8MAX			0				2				0				2
		Total			247				228				143				618

 

Note: The ten business aircraft held under trust of the Company were not included in the fleet.

 

III.

BRIEF EXPLANATION ON OPERATING DATA

 

In relation to passenger traffic, passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) of the Company in November 2017 increased by 10.5% year-on-year, passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 12.3% year- on-year, and passenger load factor increased by 1.28 percentage points to 80.41% year- on-year.

 

Freight transportation capacity (measured by available freight tonne-kilometres) of the Company in November 2017 increased by 14.6% year-on-year. Freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight tonne-kilometres) increased by 10.1% year-on-year, while freight load factor decreased by 1.61 percentage points to 39.27% year-on-year.

 

In November 2017, the Company launched new international routes such as Dalian- Osaka and Nanjing-Jinjiang-Kuala Lumpur and new domestic routes such as Xi’an- Shantou and Xianyang-Zhangye.

 

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 utilization of the information above.

 

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).

 

	By order of the Board
	CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED
	Wang Jian
	Company Secretary
	Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China
	15 December 2017

 

* for identification purpose only

 

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Ma Xulun (Vice Chairman, President), Li Yangmin (Director, Vice President), Xu Zhao (Director), Gu Jiadan (Director), Tang Bing (Director, Vice President), Tian Liuwen (Director, Vice President), Li Ruoshan (Independent non-executive Director), Ma Weihua (Independent non-executive Director), Shao Ruiqing (Independent non-executive Director) and Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director).