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 April 2018

Commission File Number: 001-14550

 

 

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Board Secretariat’s Office

Kong Gang San Lu, Number 88

Shanghai, China 200335

(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: ☒  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 April 17, 2018				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.

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 MARCH 2018

 

 

I.	OPERATING DATA

 

		Estimated amount completed in March 2018				Actual amount completed in March 2017				Year-on- year increase				Total estimated amount completed in January to March 2018				Total actual amount completed in January to March 2017				Year-on- year increase
Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat — kilometres) (millions)			20,039.86				18,408.83				8.9	%			59,171.99				54,250.47				9.1	%
— Domestic routes			12,624.87				11,611.51				8.7	%			36,898.24				33,972.33				8.6	%
— International routes			6,885.44				6,316.67				9.0	%			20,755.68				18,837.79				10.2	%
— Regional routes			529.55				480.64				10.2	%			1,518.07				1,440.36				5.4	%

 

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		Estimated amount completed in March 2018				Actual amount completed in March 2017				Year-on- year increase				Total estimated amount completed in January to March 2018				Total actual amount completed in January to March 2017				Year-on- year increase
RPK (revenue passenger — kilometres) (millions)			16,707.10				14,862.06				12.4	%			48,336.32				44,311.28				9.1	%
— Domestic routes			10,724.32				9,660.86				11.0	%			30,493.05				28,151.58				8.3	%
— International routes			5,548.66				4,836.26				14.7	%			16,608.69				15,040.00				10.4	%
— Regional routes			434.12				364.94				19.0	%			1,234.58				1,119.71				10.3	%
Number of passengers carried (thousands)			10,095.48				9,124.05				10.6	%			28,716.06				26,652.09				7.7	%
— Domestic routes			8,410.67				7,648.52				10.0	%			23,758.93				22,038.45				7.8	%
— International routes			1,367.12				1,205.58				13.4	%			4,051.20				3,778.32				7.2	%
— Regional routes			317.69				269.94				17.7	%			905.93				835.32				8.5	%
Passenger load factor (%)			83.37				80.73				2.64	pts			81.69				81.68				0.01	pts
— Domestic routes			84.95				83.20				1.75	pts			82.64				82.87				–0.23	pts
— International routes			80.59				76.56				4.02	pts			80.02				79.84				0.18	pts
— Regional routes			81.98				75.93				6.05	pts			81.33				77.74				3.59	pts
Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne — kilometres) (millions)			664.19				548.59				21.1	%			1,984.41				1,641.39				20.9	%
— Domestic routes			250.44				200.55				24.9	%			724.23				586.47				23.5	%
— International routes			397.67				333.58				19.2	%			1,211.89				1,009.98				20.0	%
— Regional routes			16.08				14.45				11.2	%			48.29				44.93				7.5	%
RFTK (revenue freight tonne — kilometres) (millions)			219.59				206.62				6.3	%			599.70				551.15				8.8	%
— Domestic routes			73.92				74.38				–0.6	%			216.20				214.67				0.7	%
— International routes			142.51				129.42				10.1	%			375.21				328.78				14.1	%
— Regional routes			3.16				2.82				12.1	%			8.29				7.70				7.7	%
Weight of freight carried (million kg)			76.59				74.75				2.5	%			218.90				210.41				4.0	%
— Domestic routes			53.53				53.25				0.5	%			158.28				155.08				2.1	%
— International routes			20.36				19.11				6.6	%			53.56				48.71				10.0	%
— Regional routes			2.71				2.40				12.7	%			7.06				6.63				6.5	%

 

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		Estimated amount completed in March 2018				Actual amount completed in March 2017				Year-on- year increase				Total estimated amount completed in January to March 2018				Total actual amount completed in January to March 2017				Year-on- year increase
Freight load factor (%)			33.06				37.66				–4.60	pts			30.22				33.58				–3.36	pts
— Domestic routes			29.52				37.09				–7.57	pts			29.85				36.60				–6.75	pts
— International routes			35.84				38.80				–2.96	pts			30.96				32.55				–1.59	pts
— Regional routes			19.66				19.50				0.16	pts			17.18				17.14				0.03	pts
Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne — kilometres) (millions)			2,467.78				2,205.38				11.9	%			7,309.88				6,523.93				12.0	%
— Domestic routes			1,386.68				1,245.59				11.3	%			4,045.08				3,643.98				11.0	%
— International routes			1,017.36				902.08				12.8	%			3,079.90				2,705.38				13.8	%
— Regional routes			63.74				57.71				10.4	%			184.91				174.56				5.9	%
RTK (revenue tonne — kilometres) (millions)			1,705.72				1,533.11				11.3	%			4,845.72				4,465.77				8.5	%
— Domestic routes			1,029.40				938.00				9.7	%			2,897.68				2,705.14				7.1	%
— International routes			634.66				559.82				13.4	%			1,831.60				1,654.32				10.7	%
— Regional routes			41.66				35.30				18.0	%			116.44				106.31				9.5	%
Overall load factor (%)			69.12				69.52				–0.40	pts			66.29				68.45				–2.16	pts
— Domestic routes			74.23				75.31				–1.07	pts			71.63				74.24				–2.60	pts
— International routes			62.38				62.06				0.33	pts			59.47				61.15				–1.68	pts
— Regional routes			65.36				61.16				4.20	pts			62.97				60.90				2.07	pts

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

 

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II.	FLEET STRUCTURE

In March 2018, China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the “Company”) introduced ten aircraft (six B737-800 aircraft, two B737-8MAX aircraft, one A330-200 aircraft and one A320 aircraft), and retired three aircraft (two A330-300 aircraft and one A330-200 aircraft). As at the end of March 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				2				32
4		A330-300			2				18				5				25
Narrow-body passenger aircraft					218				200				135				553
5		B737-700			42				13				0				55
6		B737-800			46				68				84				198
7		A319			13				20				2				35
8		A320			79				52				49				180
9		A321			38				39				0				77
10		B737-8MAX			0				8				0				8
		Total			248				244				142				634

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 March 2018 increased by 8.9% year-on-year, passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 12.4% year-on-year, and passenger load factor increased by 2.64 percentage points to 83.37% year-on-year.

In relation to freight traffic, as 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 ) to Eastern Airlines Industry Investment Company Limited* ( 東方航空產業投資有限公司 ) (a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Eastern Air Holding Company Limited* ( 中國東方航空集團有限公司 ), 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. Freight transportation capacity (measured by available freight tonne-kilometres) of the Company in March 2018 increased by 21.1% year-on-year. Freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight tonne-kilometres) increased by 6.3% year-on-year, while freight load factor decreased by 4.6 percentage points to 33.06% year-on-year.

 

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In March 2018, the Company introduced regional routes such as Huangshan–Taipei and Nanning–Phnom Penh, and domestic routes such as Guangzhou–Weihai–Changchun, Chengdu– Zhanjiang and Dalian–Nanjing–Guiyang.

 

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).

 

 

*	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), 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).

 

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