Air China16 Feb 2023 07:42
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In January 2023, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year-on-year increase and a month-on-month increase in combined passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")). Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers (the "ASK")) recorded a year-on-year increase of 38.4% and a month-on-month increase of 96.1%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 62.2% and a month-on-month increase of 121.6%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity increased by 35.5% year on year and increased by 107.6% month on month, and passenger traffic increased by 57.9% year on year and increased by 129.6% month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 152.1% and increased by 0.2% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 419.8% and increased by 23.3% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by 32.0% and increased by 45.0% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 57.7% year on year and an increase of 99.1% month on month. The overall passenger load factor was 69.9%, representing an increase of 10.3 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and a increase of 8.0 percentage points as compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 10.0 percentage points year on year and increased by 6.8 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by 30.0 percentage points and increased by 10.9 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and the passenger load factor for regional routes increased by 10.3 percentage points year on year and increased by 17.2 percentage points month on month.