Exhibit 99.1
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ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA
This announcement is made regarding the operating data for June 2019 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 June 2019 of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
In June 2019, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (“ASK”)) of the Group increased by 10.45% as compared to the same period last year (ayear-on-year (“YoY”) basis). Of which, passenger capacity for domestic, regional and international routes increased by 10.04%, 14.34% and 11.19%, 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 11.05%. Of which, passenger traffic for domestic, regional and international routes increased by 10.30%, 17.59% and 12.46%, respectively as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 82.87%, representing an increase of 0.45 percentage point as compared to the same period last year. Of which, the passenger load factor for domestic, regional and international routes increased by 0.20 percentage point, 2.13 percentage points and 0.94 percentage point, respectively, as compared to the same period last year.
In terms of cargo operations, in June 2019, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers (“ATK”) - Cargo and Mail) increased by 6.37% as compared to the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (“RTK”) - Cargo and Mail) decreased by 1.37% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 51.46%, representing a decrease of 4.03 percentage points as compared to the same period last year.
In June 2019, the Group has newly launched the following major routes:Guangzhou-Urumqi-Vienna-Urumqi-Guangzhou route (three flights per week) and
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Changsha-Nairobi-Changsha route (two flights per week) since 11 June 2019, Xiamen-Yangon-Xiamen route (two flights per week) since 22 June 2019,Zhengzhou-London-Zhengzhou route (two flights per week) since 25 June 2019 and Tianjin-Yinchuan-Tianjin route (four flights per week) since 30 June 2019.
In June 2019, the Group introduced four aircraft, including two A320NEO aircraft, oneA350-900 aircraft and oneB787-9 aircraft, and terminated the lease of four aircraft, including two A319 aircraft, one A320 aircraft and oneA330-200 aircraft. As of the end of June 2019, the Group operated a fleet of 849 aircraft as set out below:
Aircraft Model | Self-owned | Finance Lease | Operating Lease | Subtotal | ||||||||||||
Airbus 380 Series | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Airbus 350 Series | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Airbus 330 Series | 10 | 30 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||||
Airbus 320 Series | 94 | 88 | 128 | 310 | ||||||||||||
Boeing 787 Series | 4 | 23 | 7 | 34 | ||||||||||||
Boeing 777 Series | 8 | 16 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||||
Boeing 737 Series | 156 | 82 | 163 | 401 | ||||||||||||
Boeing 747 Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
EMB190 Series | 6 | 0 | 18 | 24 | ||||||||||||
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Total | 283 | 242 | 324 | 849 | ||||||||||||
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KEY OPERATION DATA OF JUNE 2019
Capacity | June 2019 | Cumulative 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Amount | Month-on- Month (“MoM”) Change (%) | YoY Change (%) | Amount | YoY Change (%) | ||||||||||||||||
RPK (in million) |
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Domestic | 15,453.20 | -1.36 | 10.30 | 93,468.15 | 8.78 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 314.09 | -1.33 | 17.59 | 1,810.42 | 14.14 | |||||||||||||||
International | 6,995.79 | 3.52 | 12.46 | 41,931.87 | 14.04 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 22,763.08 | 0.09 | 11.05 | 137,210.45 | 10.40 | |||||||||||||||
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RTK (in million) |
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Domestic | 1,507.14 | -1.50 | 9.40 | 9,025.06 | 7.61 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 29.90 | -1.55 | 17.48 | 171.74 | 13.83 | |||||||||||||||
International | 1,099.19 | -0.72 | 5.38 | 6,462.69 | 7.93 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 2,636.23 | -1.17 | 7.77 | 15,659.49 | 7.81 | |||||||||||||||
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RTK - Cargo and Mail (in million) |
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Domestic | 138.36 | -0.41 | 1.81 | 792.86 | -2.36 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 2.11 | 0.85 | 14.81 | 12.49 | 8.15 | |||||||||||||||
International | 484.52 | -4.77 | -2.30 | 2,784.08 | 0.92 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 624.99 | -3.82 | -1.37 | 3,589.43 | 0.20 | |||||||||||||||
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Passengers carried (in thousand) |
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Domestic | 10,276.40 | -1.85 | 8.77 | 61,582.13 | 7.27 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 226.35 | -3.15 | 10.46 | 1,364.63 | 11.39 | |||||||||||||||
International | 1,637.71 | 1.96 | 12.79 | 9,825.79 | 12.69 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 12,140.46 | -1.38 | 9.32 | 72,772.55 | 8.05 | |||||||||||||||
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Cargo and mail carried (in thousand tonnes) |
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Domestic | 84.28 | -1.38 | -0.78 | 489.07 | -4.00 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 1.84 | -0.72 | 10.63 | 11.00 | 8.36 | |||||||||||||||
International | 55.81 | -5.97 | 0.07 | 322.53 | 2.92 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 141.92 | -3.23 | -0.32 | 822.61 | -1.25 | |||||||||||||||
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Capacity | June 2019 | Cumulative 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Amount | MoM Change (%) | YoY Change (%) | Amount | YoY Change (%) | ||||||||||||||||
ASK (in million) |
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Domestic | 18,597.14 | -2.88 | 10.04 | 113,185.37 | 8.94 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 408.84 | -2.40 | 14.34 | 2,362.78 | 11.23 | |||||||||||||||
International | 8,460.82 | 1.10 | 11.19 | 50,469.21 | 12.88 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 27,466.80 | -1.68 | 10.45 | 166,017.36 | 10.14 | |||||||||||||||
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ATK (in million) |
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Domestic | 2,084.35 | -3.48 | 9.22 | 12,840.50 | 8.69 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 46.36 | -2.91 | 14.65 | 270.82 | 11.56 | |||||||||||||||
International | 1,555.75 | -0.07 | 8.71 | 9,266.66 | 9.36 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 3,686.47 | -2.06 | 9.07 | 22,377.98 | 9.00 | |||||||||||||||
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ATK - Cargo and Mail (in million) |
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Domestic | 410.61 | -5.82 | 6.01 | 2,653.82 | 7.73 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 9.57 | -4.85 | 15.88 | 58.17 | 12.79 | |||||||||||||||
International | 794.28 | -1.17 | 6.44 | 4,724.43 | 6.18 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 1,214.45 | -2.82 | 6.37 | 7,436.42 | 6.78 | |||||||||||||||
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Load Factor | June 2019 | Cumulative 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Figure (%) | MoM Change (Percentage Points) | YoY Change (Percentage Points) | Figure (%) | YoY Change (Percentage Points) | ||||||||||||||||
Passenger Load Factor (RPK/ASK) |
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Domestic | 83.09 | 1.28 | 0.20 | 82.58 | -0.12 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 76.82 | 0.82 | 2.13 | 76.62 | 1.96 | |||||||||||||||
International | 82.68 | 1.93 | 0.94 | 83.08 | 0.84 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 82.87 | 1.46 | 0.45 | 82.65 | 0.20 | |||||||||||||||
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Cargo and Mail Load Factor |
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Domestic | 33.70 | 1.83 | -1.39 | 29.88 | -3.09 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 22.03 | 1.25 | -0.21 | 21.47 | -0.92 | |||||||||||||||
International | 61.00 | -2.30 | -5.46 | 58.93 | -3.07 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 51.46 | -0.53 | -4.03 | 48.27 | -3.17 | |||||||||||||||
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Overall Load Factor (RTK/ATK) |
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Domestic | 72.31 | 1.45 | 0.11 | 70.29 | -0.70 | |||||||||||||||
Regional | 64.50 | 0.90 | 1.55 | 63.41 | 1.26 | |||||||||||||||
International | 70.65 | -0.46 | -2.24 | 69.74 | -0.92 | |||||||||||||||
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Total | 71.51 | 0.64 | -0.87 | 69.98 | -0.77 | |||||||||||||||
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Notes:
1. | “RPK(s)” refers to the number of passengers carried multiplied by the kilometers flown; |
2. | “RTK(s)” refers to the load (passenger and cargo) in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown; |
3. | “RTK(s) - Cargo and Mail” refers to the cargo and mail load in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown; |
4. | “ASK(s)” refers to the number of seats available for sale multiplied by the kilometers flown; |
5. | “ATK(s)” refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available for transportation multiplied by the kilometers flown; |
6. | “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; |
7. | “Passenger Load Factor” refers to RPK expressed as a percentage of ASK; |
8. | “Cargo and Mail Load Factor” refers toRTK- Cargo and Mail expressed as a percentage of ATK - Cargo and Mail; |
9. | “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 Bing |
Company Secretary |
Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China
15 July 2019
As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Wang Chang Shun, Ma Xu Lun and
Han Wen Sheng as executive Directors; and Zheng Fan, Gu Hui Zhong, Tan Jin Song and Jiao Shu Ge as independentnon-executive Directors.
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