Edgar Filing: CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORP LTD

Form 6-K

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 May 2018

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	May 16, 2018	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.

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INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR APRIL 2018

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 (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (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


								Total
	Estimated		Actual					estimated		Total actual
	amount		amount					amount		amount
	completed in		completed in		Year-			completed in		completed in		Year-
	April		April		on-year			January to		January to		on-year
	2018		2017		increase			April 2018		April 2017		increase
Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat — kilometres) (millions)		19,870.72		18,057.46		10.0	%		79,042.71		72,307.94		9.3	%
— Domestic routes		12,502.36		11,191.71		11.7	%		49,400.60		45,164.04		9.4	%
— International routes		6,838.26		6,373.17		7.3	%		27,593.94		25,210.96		9.5	%
— Regional routes		530.10		492.58		7.6	%		2,048.17		1,932.94		6.0	%

RPK (revenue passenger — kilometres) (millions)		16,819.59		14,696.10		14.4	%		65,155.91		59,007.38		10.4	%
— Domestic routes		10,807.85		9,354.11		15.5	%		41,300.90		37,505.68		10.1	%
— International routes		5,572.15		4,949.21		12.6	%		22,180.84		19,989.20		11.0	%
— Regional routes		439.60		392.79		11.9	%		1,674.17		1,512.50		10.7	%


								Total
	Estimated		Actual					estimated		Total actual
	amount		amount					amount		amount
	completed in		completed in		Year-			completed in		completed in		Year-
	April		April		on-year			January to		January to		on-year
	2018		2017		increase			April 2018		April 2017		increase
Number of passengers carried (thousands)		10,273.69		8,930.97		15.0	%		38,989.75		35,583.06		9.6	%
— Domestic routes		8,593.04		7,484.10		14.8	%		32,351.97		29,522.55		9.6	%
— International routes		1,360.02		1,157.43		17.5	%		5,411.22		4,935.76		9.6	%
— Regional routes		320.63		289.44		10.8	%		1,226.57		1,124.76		9.1	%

Passenger load factor (%)		84.65		81.39		3.26	pts		82.43		81.61		0.83	pts
— Domestic routes		86.45		83.58		2.87	pts		83.60		83.04		0.56	pts
— International routes		81.48		77.66		3.83	pts		80.38		79.29		1.10	pts
— Regional routes		82.93		79.74		3.19	pts		81.74		78.25		3.49	pts

Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne — kilometres) (millions)		649.75		558.88		16.3	%		2,634.16		2,200.26		19.7	%
— Domestic routes		233.47		187.35		24.6	%		957.70		773.82		23.8	%
— International routes		399.91		355.55		12.5	%		1,611.80		1,365.53		18.0	%
— Regional routes		16.37		15.98		2.4	%		64.66		60.91		6.1	%

RFTK (revenue freight tonne — kilometres) (millions)		218.80		207.09		5.7	%		818.51		758.24		7.9	%
— Domestic routes		70.56		70.07		0.7	%		286.76		284.74		0.7	%
— International routes		145.40		134.17		8.4	%		520.61		462.95		12.5	%
— Regional routes		2.84		2.85		-0.2	%		11.14		10.55		5.5	%

Weight of freight carried (million kg)		74.96		71.69		4.6	%		293.86		282.11		4.2	%
— Domestic routes		51.71		50.67		2.0	%		209.99		205.75		2.1	%
— International routes		20.82		18.62		11.8	%		74.37		67.33		10.5	%
— Regional routes		2.44		2.40		1.8	%		9.50		9.03		5.3	%

Freight load factor (%)		33.67		37.06		-3.38	pts		31.07		34.46		-3.39	pts
— Domestic routes		30.22		37.40		-7.18	pts		29.94		36.80		-6.85	pts
— International routes		36.36		37.74		-1.38	pts		32.30		33.90		-1.60	pts
— Regional routes		17.36		17.82		-0.46	pts		17.22		17.32		-0.10	pts


								Total
	Estimated		Actual					estimated		Total actual
	amount		amount					amount		amount
	completed in		completed in		Year-			completed in		completed in		Year-
	April		April		on-year			January to		January to		on-year
	2018		2017		increase			April 2018		April 2017		increase
Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne — kilometres) (millions)		2,438.12		2,184.05		11.6	%		9,748.00		8,707.98		11.9	%
— Domestic routes		1,358.68		1,194.60		13.7	%		5,403.76		4,838.58		11.7	%
— International routes		1,015.36		929.13		9.3	%		4,095.25		3,634.51		12.7	%
— Regional routes		64.08		60.32		6.2	%		248.99		234.88		6.0	%

RTK (revenue tonne — kilometres) (millions)		1,712.57		1,514.38		13.1	%		6,558.29		5,980.16		9.7	%
— Domestic routes		1,031.31		903.39		14.2	%		3,928.99		3,608.53		8.9	%
— International routes		639.53		573.42		11.5	%		2,471.14		2,227.74		10.9	%
— Regional routes		41.73		37.57		11.1	%		158.17		143.88		9.9	%

Overall load factor (%)		70.24		69.34		0.90	pts		67.28		68.67		-1.40	pts
— Domestic routes		75.91		75.62		0.28	pts		72.71		74.58		-1.87	pts
— International routes		62.99		61.72		1.27	pts		60.34		61.29		-0.95	pts
— Regional routes		65.12		62.29		2.83	pts		63.52		61.26		2.27	pts

Notes:

1.	Freight transportation data only contained data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft.

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

II.

FLEET STRUCTURE

In April 2018, the Company introduced four aircraft (two B737-800 aircraft, one B737-8MAX aircraft and one A330-300 aircraft), and retired two aircraft (two A330-200 aircraft). As at the end of April 2018, details of the fleet structure of aircraft of the Company were as follows:


								(Units)
No.	Model	Self-owned		Under finance lease		Under operating lease		Sub-total

	Wide-body passenger aircraft		30		44		7		81
1	B777-300ER		9		11		0		20
2	B767		4		0		0		4
3	A330-200		15		15		0		30
4	A330-300		2		19		5		26

	Narrow-body passenger aircraft		218		200		135		553
5	B737-700		42		13		0		55
6	B737-800		46		70		84		200
7	A319		13		20		2		35
8	A320		79		52		49		180
9	A321		38		39		0		77
10	B737-8MAX		0		9		0		9

	Total		248		244		142		636

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 April 2018 increased by 10.0% year-on-year, passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 14.4% year-on-year, and passenger load factor increased by 3.26 percentage points to 84.65% year-on-year.

In relation to freight traffic, freight transportation capacity (measured by available freight tonne-kilometres) of the Company in April 2018 increased by 16.3% year-on-year. Freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight tonne-kilometres) increased by 5.7% year-on-year, while freight load factor decreased by 3.38 percentage points to 33.67% year-on-year.

In April 2018, the Company launched new international routes such as Jinan-Seoul, and new domestic routes such as Shanghai-Kunming-Ninglang, Shenzhen-Kunming-Cangyuan and Wuxi-Hohhot.

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 May 2018

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), Gu Jiadan (Director), Tang Bing (Director, Vice President), Tian Liuwen (Director, Vice President), Yuan Jun (Employee Representative Director), 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).