CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED 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.
ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATAThis announcement is made regarding the operating data for December 2016 of the Group to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The relevant key operating data was calculated based on the internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the data disclosed in the relative periodic reports. Investors are hereby reminded of the risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilization of the relevant information.
This announcement is made regarding the operating data for December 2016 of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Group") to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
In December 2016, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres ("ASK")) of the Group increased by 12.60% as compared to the same period last year (a year-on-year ("YoY") basis). Of which, passenger capacity for domestic routes increased by 11.77%, passenger capacity on regional routes decreased by 20.85% and passenger capacity for international routes increased by 16.80%, respectively as compared to the same period last year. Compared to the same period last year, passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometres ("RPK")) increased by 16.94%. Of which, passenger traffic for domestic routes increased by 16.46%, passenger traffic on regional routes decreased by 16.87% and passenger traffic on international routes increased by 20.07%, respectively as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 79.91%, representing an increase of 2.97 percentage points as compared to the same period last year. Of which, the passenger load factor for domestic, international and regional routes increased
percentage points, 2.20 percentage points and 3.54 percentage points as compared to the same period last year, respectively. The Group has launched Guangzhou - Toronto route (three flights per week) since 7 December 2016 and has launched Guangzhou - Adelaide route (three flights per week) since 12 December 2016.
In terms of cargo operations, in December 2016, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers ("ATK") - Cargo and Mail) increased by 11.82% as compared to the same period last
year, and cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres ("RTK") - Cargo and Mail) increased by 15.74% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo load factor was 55.53%, representing an increase of 1.88 percentage points as compared to the same period last year.
In December 2016, the Group had introduced one A330-300 aircraft, two A320neo aircraft, one A321 aircraft, one B787-9 aircraft and one B737-800 aircraft, and had terminated the lease of two A319 aircraft and two B737-700 aircraft. As of the end of December 2016, the Group operated a fleet of 702 aircraft with 254 aircraft self-owned, 204 aircraft under finance lease and 244 under operating lease.
KEY OPERATION DATA OF DECEMBER 2016Capacity
December 2016
Cumulative 2016
Amount
Month-on- Month ("MoM")
Change (%)
YoY Change (%)
Amount
YoY Change (%)
RPK (in million)
Domestic
12115.11
1.90
16.46
144974.28
4.47
Regional
217.87
5.37
-16.87
3083.65
-12.57
International
5321.91
15.44
20.07
58034.02
22.72
Total
17654.89
5.68
16.94
206091.95
8.71
RTK (in million)
Domestic
1247.75
1.53
15.85
14550.66
4.56
Regional
21.70
5.76
-13.25
292.46
-11.78
International
891.78
0.73
18.30
9539.72
17.19
Total
2161.23
1.24
16.45
24382.84
8.91
RTK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic
170.39
1.54
13.12
1756.66
5.65
Regional
2.40
13.30
34.79
21.87
1.31
International
422.88
-11.08
16.73
4441.21
11.66
Total
595.66
-7.72
15.74
6219.74
9.85
Passengers carried (in thousand)
Domestic
8098.86
0.35
15.34
98460.78
3.51
Regional
177.19
5.13
-10.93
2340.63
-8.79
International
1184.34
12.00
14.77
13813.31
17.77
Total
9460.40
1.76
14.64
114614.71
4.75
Cargo and mail carried (in thousand tonnes)
Domestic
104.80
0.37
12.67
1083.58
5.19
Regional
2.12
12.04
31.08
19.73
2.85
International
48.65
-9.25
16.19
508.90
10.09
Total
155.57
-2.72
13.97
1612.21
6.66
Capacity
December 2016
Cumulative 2016
Amount
MoM
Change (%)
YoY
Change (%)
Amount
YoY Change
(%)
ASK (in million)
Domestic
15202.47
1.78
11.77
179654.04
4.39
Regional
294.51
3.91
-20.85
4193.20
-11.95
International
6595.45
12.73
16.80
72140.27
22.79
Total
22092.44
4.85
12.60
255987.51
8.65
ATK (in million)
Domestic
1754.53
1.27
10.70
20741.40
3.42
Regional
34.77
4.43
-22.80
491.25
-12.69
International
1271.69
2.60
16.12
13754.17
18.70
Total
3060.99
1.85
12.33
34986.81
8.64
ATK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic
386.31
-0.50
7.06
4572.54
0.15
Regional
8.26
6.13
-28.46
113.86
-15.06
International
678.10
-4.87
15.54
7261.54
15.27
Total
1072.70
-3.27
11.82
11947.94
8.63
Load Factor
December 2016
Cumulative 2016
Figure
(%)
MoM Change (Percentage
Point)
YoY Change (Percentage
Point)
Figure
(%)
YoY Change (Percentage Point)
Passenger Load Factor (RPK/ASK)
Domestic
79.69
0.09
3.21
80.70
0.07
Regional
73.98
1.03
3.54
73.54
-0.52
International
80.69
1.90
2.20
80.45
-0.05
Total
79.91
0.63
2.97
80.51
0.04
Cargo and Mail Load Factor
Domestic
44.11
0.89
2.36
38.42
2.00
Regional
29.02
1.84
13.62
19.21
3.11
International
62.36
-1.36
0.64
61.16
-1.98
Total
55.53
-2.68
1.88
52.06
0.58
Overall Load Factor (RTK/ATK)
Domestic
71.12
0.19
3.16
70.15
0.76
Regional
62.41
0.79
6.87
59.53
0.62
International
70.13
-1.30
1.29
69.36
-0.89
Total
70.61
-0.42
2.50
69.69
0.17
Notes:
"RPK(s)" refers to the number of revenue passengers carried multiplied by the kilometers flown;
"RTK(s)" refers to the revenue load (passenger and cargo) in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown;
"RTK(s) - Cargo and Mail" refers to the revenue cargo and mail load in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown;
"ASK(s)" refers to the number of seats available for sale multiplied by the kilometers flown;
"ATK(s)" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available for transportation multiplied by the kilometers flown;
"ATK(s) - Cargo and Mail" refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available for the carriage of cargo and mail multiplied by the kilometers flown;
"Passenger Load Factor" refers to RPK expressed as a percentage of ASK;
"Cargo and Mail Load Factor" refers to RTK- Cargo and Mail expressed as a percentage of ATK - Cargo and Mail;
"Overall Load Factor" refers to RTK expressed as a percentage of ATK.
The key operating data above was calculated based on the internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the data disclosed in the relative periodic reports. Investors are hereby reminded of the risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilization of the information given above.
By order of the Board
China Southern Airlines Company Limited Xie BingCompany Secretary
Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China 16 January 2017
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Wang Chang Shun, Yuan Xin An and Yang Li Hua as non-executive Directors, Tan Wan Geng, Zhang Zi Fang and Li Shao Bin as executive Directors; and Ning Xiang Dong, Liu Chang Le, Tan Jin Song, Guo Wei and Jiao Shu Ge as independent non-executive Directors.
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