Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
June 13 2017 - 12:58PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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 June 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
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Form
40-F
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing
the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
¨
Yes
x
No
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number
assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
n/a
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.
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China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
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(Registrant)
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Date
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June 13, 2017
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By
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/s/
Wang Jian
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Name: Wang Jian
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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.
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.
(Stock
code: 00670)
INSIDE
INFORMATION
OVERSEAS
REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT
ON OPERATING DATA FOR MAY 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.
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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.
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Actual
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Total
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Total actual
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Estimated
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amount
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estimated
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amount
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amount
for
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completed in
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amount for
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completed in
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May
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May
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Year-on-year
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January to
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January to
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Year-on-year
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2017
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2016
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increase
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May 2017
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May 2016
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increase
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Passenger
Transportation Data
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ASK
(available seat
– kilometres)(millions)
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18,515.03
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16,760.32
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10.5
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%
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90,783.93
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82,830.93
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9.6
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%
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– Domestic routes
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11,599.65
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10,439.31
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11.1
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%
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56,734.97
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52,294.01
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8.5
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%
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– International routes
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6,414.45
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5,849.15
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9.7
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%
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31,615.17
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28,150.50
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12.3
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%
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– Regional routes
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500.93
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471.86
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6.2
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%
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2,433.80
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2,386.43
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2.0
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%
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RPK
(revenue passenger
– kilometres)(millions)
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14,851.86
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13,370.77
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11.1
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%
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73,800.62
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66,771.82
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10.5
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%
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– Domestic routes
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9,573.73
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8,422.81
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13.7
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%
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47,033.77
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42,511.83
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10.6
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%
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– International routes
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4,877.67
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4,592.34
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6.2
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%
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24,853.78
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22,424.27
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10.8
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%
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– Regional routes
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400.46
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355.62
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12.6
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%
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1,913.08
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1,835.72
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4.2
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%
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Actual
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Total
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Total actual
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Estimated
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amount
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estimated
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amount
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amount
for
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completed in
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amount for
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completed in
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May
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May
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Year-on-year
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January to
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January to
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Year-on-year
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2017
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2016
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increase
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May 2017
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May 2016
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increase
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Number of passengers
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carried (thousands)
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9,107.50
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8,200.19
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11.1
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%
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44,658.85
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40,930.72
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9.1
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%
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– Domestic routes
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7,694.39
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6,790.53
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13.3
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%
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37,187.70
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33,715.03
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10.3
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%
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– International routes
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1,118.83
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1,147.95
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–2.5
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%
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6,052.02
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5,851.98
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3.4
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%
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– Regional routes
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294.28
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261.70
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12.4
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%
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1,419.14
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1,363.71
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4.1
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%
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Passenger load factor (%)
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80.22
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79.78
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0.44
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pts
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81.29
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80.61
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0.68
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pts
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– Domestic routes
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82.53
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80.68
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1.85
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pts
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82.90
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81.29
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1.61
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pts
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– International routes
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76.04
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78.51
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–2.47
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pts
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78.61
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79.66
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–1.05
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pts
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– Regional routes
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79.94
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75.37
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4.58
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pts
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78.60
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76.92
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1.68
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pts
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Freight
Transportation Data
AFTK
(available freight tonne
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– kilometres)(millions)
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568.77
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505.10
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12.6
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%
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3,062.78
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2,882.39
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6.3
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%
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– Domestic routes
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198.12
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166.75
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18.8
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%
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988.00
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960.62
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2.9
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%
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– International routes
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355.09
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328.00
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8.3
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%
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1,987.40
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1,848.27
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7.5
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%
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– Regional routes
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15.56
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10.35
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50.3
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%
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87.38
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73.50
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18.9
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%
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RFTK (revenue freight tonne
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– kilometres)(millions)
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209.87
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181.07
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15.9
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%
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1,173.65
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1,083.63
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8.3
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%
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– Domestic routes
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72.64
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72.22
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0.6
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%
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359.01
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368.56
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–2.6
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%
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– International routes
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134.36
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106.62
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26.0
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%
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793.36
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694.98
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14.2
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%
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– Regional routes
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2.87
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2.23
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28.8
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%
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21.28
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20.08
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5.9
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%
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Weight of freight carried
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(million kg)
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72.35
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69.53
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4.0
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%
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394.05
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390.14
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1.0
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%
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– Domestic routes
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51.75
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51.86
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–0.2
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%
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259.90
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267.25
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–2.8
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%
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– International routes
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18.15
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15.72
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15.4
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%
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116.41
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106.03
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9.8
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%
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– Regional routes
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2.45
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1.96
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25.0
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%
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17.75
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16.86
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5.3
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%
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Freight load factor (%)
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36.90
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35.85
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1.05
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pts
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38.32
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37.59
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0.72
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pts
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– Domestic routes
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36.66
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43.31
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–6.65
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pts
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36.34
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38.37
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–2.03
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pts
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– International routes
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37.84
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32.50
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5.33
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pts
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39.92
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37.60
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2.32
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pts
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– Regional routes
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18.46
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21.55
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–3.09
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pts
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24.35
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27.32
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–2.98
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pts
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Actual
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Total
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Total actual
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Estimated
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amount
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estimated
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amount
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amount
for
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completed in
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amount for
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completed in
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May
|
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May
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Year-on-year
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January to
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January to
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Year-on-year
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2017
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2016
|
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increase
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May 2017
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May 2016
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increase
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Consolidated Data
ATK (available tonne
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– kilometres)(millions)
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2,235.12
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2,013.53
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11.0
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11,233.34
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10,337.17
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8.7
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– Domestic routes
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1,242.09
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1,106.29
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12.3
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6,094.15
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5,667.08
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7.5
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– International routes
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932.39
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|
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854.42
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|
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9.1
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4,832.77
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4,381.82
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10.3
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– Regional routes
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60.65
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52.82
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14.8
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306.42
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288.28
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6.3
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|
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RTK (revenue tonne
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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– kilometres)(millions)
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1,532.53
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1,374.79
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|
11.5
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7,713.21
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|
|
7,005.17
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|
|
10.1
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– Domestic routes
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925.51
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|
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824.88
|
|
|
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12.2
|
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4,531.67
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|
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4,146.19
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|
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9.3
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– International routes
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568.63
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|
|
|
516.00
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10.2
|
|
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2,991.38
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2,676.78
|
|
|
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11.8
|
|
– Regional routes
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38.39
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|
|
|
33.91
|
|
|
|
13.2
|
|
|
|
190.16
|
|
|
|
182.20
|
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Overall load factor (%)
|
|
|
68.57
|
|
|
|
68.28
|
|
|
|
0.29
|
|
|
|
68.66
|
|
|
|
67.77
|
|
|
|
0.90
|
|
– Domestic routes
|
|
|
74.51
|
|
|
|
74.56
|
|
|
|
–0.05
|
|
|
|
74.36
|
|
|
|
73.16
|
|
|
|
1.20
|
|
– International routes
|
|
|
60.99
|
|
|
|
60.39
|
|
|
|
0.60
|
|
|
|
61.90
|
|
|
|
61.09
|
|
|
|
0.81
|
|
– Regional routes
|
|
|
63.30
|
|
|
|
64.21
|
|
|
|
–0.91
|
|
|
|
62.06
|
|
|
|
63.20
|
|
|
|
–1.14
|
|
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 aircrafts. 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.
|
In May 2017,
the Company introduced four aircraft (one B777-300ER aircraft, one A330-300 aircraft, one A320 aircraft and one B737-800 aircraft),
and retired two aircraft (one B737-800 aircraft and one B737-700 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 May 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
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
76
|
|
1
|
B777-300ER
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
18
|
|
2
|
B767
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6
|
|
3
|
A330-200
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
33
|
|
4
|
A330-300
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Narrow-body passenger aircraft
|
|
|
192
|
|
|
193
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
503
|
|
5
|
B737-700
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
59
|
|
6
|
B737-800
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
170
|
|
7
|
A319
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
36
|
|
8
|
A320
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
168
|
|
9
|
A321
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
220
|
|
|
231
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
579
|
|
|
III.
|
BRIEF EXPLANATION ON OPERATING DATA
|
In relation
to passenger traffic, passenger capacity (measured by available seat- kilometres) of the Company in May 2017 increased by 10.5%
year-on-year, passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 11.1% year-on-year, and passenger load
factor increased by 0.44 percentage points to 80.22% year-on-year.
Freight
transportation capacity (measured by available freight tonne-kilometres) of the Company in May 2017 increased by 12.6% year-on-year.
Freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight tonne-kilometres) increased by 15.9% year-on-year, while freight load factor
increased by 1.05 percentage points to 36.9% year-on-year.
In May
2017, the Company launched new routes such as Guangzhou-Kunming-Mandalay and Chengdu–Yushu–Xining.
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
13 June
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 Hong Ping (Independent non-executive Director).
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