Form 6-K CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES For: Apr 13

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

April 13, 20l8

 

 

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED

 

 

Unit 301, 3/F, Office Tower

Guanhao Science Park Phase I

12 Yuyan Street, Luogang District

Guangzhou, PRC 510530

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) published the following announcement on April 13, 2018 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at:

http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2018/0413/LTN20180413521.pdf, in relation to the key operating data for March 2018 of the Company and its subsidiaries to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The announcement in English is included as exhibit to this Form 6-K.

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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 SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED

By:		/s/ Xie Bing
Name:		Xie Bing
Title:		Company Secretary
Date:		April 13, 2018

Exhibit 99.1

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 DATA

 

This announcement is made regarding the operating data for March 2018 of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

In March 2018, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (“ASK”)) of the Group increased by 13.43% as compared to the same period last year (a year-on-year (“YoY”) basis). Of which, passenger capacity for domestic, regional and international routes increased by 13.78%, 14.64% and 12.53%, 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 16.17%. Of which, passenger traffic for domestic, regional and international routes increased by 15.82%, 18.20% and 16.94%, respectively as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 83.57%, representing an increase of 1.97 percentage points as compared to the same period last year. Of which, the passenger load factor for domestic, regional and international routes increased by 1.48 percentage points, 2.23 percentage points and 3.14 percentage points, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. The Group has newly launched Beijing - Fuzhou - Kota Kinabalu - Fuzhou - Beijing, Hangzhou - Bangkok - Hangzhou, Fuzhou - Phuket - Fuzhou, Xiamen - Phuket - Xiamen, Urumqi - Hangzhou - Urumqi, Urumqi - Nanjing - Urumqi, Urumqi - Shenzhen - Urumqi, Wuhan - Urumqi - Wuhan, Shenyang - Wuhan - Shenyang, Zhengzhou - Shenyang - Zhengzhou, Changchun - Chengdu - Changchun, Changsha - Taiyuan - Changsha routes (each route has seven flights per week), and Shenyang - Hangzhou - Shenyang route (fourteen flights per week) since 25 March 2018, Nanning - Nanjing - Nanning

 

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route (seven flights per week) and Changsha - Lanzhou - Changsha route (four flights per week) since 26 March 2018 and Wuhan -Osaka - Wuhan route (one flight per week) since 28 March 2018.

In terms of cargo operations, in March 2018, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers (“ATK”) - Cargo and Mail) increased by 6.25% as compared to the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (“RTK”) - Cargo and Mail) increased by 0.04% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 51.97%, representing a decrease of 3.22 percentage points as compared to the same period last year.

In March 2018, the Group had introduced 10 aircraft, including five B737-800 aircraft, one B737-8MAX aircraft, two A330-300 aircraft and two B787-9 aircraft, and it had sold one B757-200 aircraft and one B777-200 aircraft. As of the end of March 2018, the Group operated a fleet of 767 aircraft as set out below:

 

Aircraft Model		Self-owned				Finance Lease				Operating Lease				Subtotal
Airbus 380 Series			3				2				0				5
Airbus 330 Series			8				29				10				47
Airbus 320 Series			91				84				98				273
Boeing 787 Series			1				19				2				22
Boeing 777 Series			9				14				0				23
Boeing 757 Series			5				0				0				5
Boeing 737 Series			135				75				154				364
Boeing 747 Series			2				0				0				2
EMB190 Series			6				0				20				26
Total			260				223				284				767

 

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KEY OPERATION DATA OF MARCH 2018
Capacity		March 2018												Cumulative 2018
		Amount				Month-on- Month (“MoM”) Change (%)				YoY Change (%)				Amount				YoY Change (%)
RPK (in million)
Domestic			14,979.94				5.32				15.82				42,746.07				10.19
Regional			258.78				-0.23				18.20				764.19				10.52
International			6,118.60				0.71				16.94				1,8347.16				12.13
Total			21,357.31				3.89				16.17				61,857.42				10.76
RTK (in million)
Domestic			1,469.43				10.63				13.54				4,136.69				8.66
Regional			25.13				7.30				16.50				72.14				9.93
International			1,019.04				19.44				8.69				2,864.77				11.29
Total			2,513.60				14.00				11.55				7,073.60				9.72
RTK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic			137.74				25.81				-2.89				396.71				-2.24
Regional			2.21				72.01				4.08				5.60				4.97
International			478.57				44.95				0.90				1,263.15				10.45
Total			618.53				40.28				0.04				1,665.46				7.12
Passengers carried (in thousand)
Domestic			10,004.07				6.61				14.50				28,321.29				9.35
Regional			203.07				-1.69				15.07				595.38				6.65
International			1,466.75				-0.43				22.33				4,333.79				13.21
Total			11,673.89				5.51				15.44				33,250.46				9.79
Cargo and mail carried (in thousand tonnes)
Domestic			87.08				25.16				-1.34				249.30				-1.08
Regional			1.94				70.13				2.63				4.91				3.75
International			54.52				46.33				1.26				143.41				10.81
Total			143.55				32.94				-0.31				397.62				2.96

 

Capacity		March 2018												Cumulative 2018
		Amount				MoM Change (%)				YoY Change (%)				Amount				YoY Change (%)
ASK (in million)
Domestic			17,852.36				4.58				13.78				51,808.75				10.44
Regional			349.98				-0.43				14.64				1,041.85				10.26
International			7,353.05				2.10				12.53				22,230.47				12.46
Total			25,555.38				3.78				13.43				75,081.07				11.03
ATK (in million)
Domestic			2,033.84				3.91				12.72				5,895.72				8.77
Regional			40.08				-1.25				12.22				119.67				7.51
International			1,416.16				9.03				8.29				4,180.17				11.82
Total			3,490.09				5.86				10.88				10,195.55				9.98
ATK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic			427.13				1.48				8.90				1,232.93				2.87
Regional			8.59				-4.14				4.17				25.90				-1.42
International			754.39				15.93				4.83				2,179.42				11.23
Total			1,190.11				10.13				6.25				3,438.25				7.98

 

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Load Factor		March 2018												Cumulative 2018
		Figure (%)				MoM Change (Percentage Points)				YoY Change (Percentage Points)				Figure (%)				YoY Change (Percentage Points)
Passenger Load Factor (RPK/ASK)
Domestic			83.91				0.59				1.48				82.51				-0.19
Regional			73.94				0.15				2.23				73.35				0.17
International			83.21				-1.15				3.14				82.53				-0.25
Total			83.57				0.08				1.97				82.39				-0.20
Cargo and Mail Load Factor
Domestic			32.25				6.24				-3.92				32.18				-1.68
Regional			25.74				11.4				-0.02				21.62				1.32
International			63.44				12.7				-2.47				57.96				-0.41
Total			51.97				11.17				-3.22				48.44				-0.39
Overall Load Factor (RTK/ATK)
Domestic			72.25				4.39				0.52				70.16				-0.07
Regional			62.68				4.99				2.30				60.29				1.33
International			71.96				6.27				0.26				68.53				-0.32
Total			72.02				5.14				0.44				69.38				-0.16

Notes:

 

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“RPK(s)” refers to the number of revenue passengers carried multiplied by the kilometers flown;

2.

“RTK(s)” refers to the revenue load (passenger and cargo) in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown;

3.

“RTK(s) - Cargo and Mail” refers to the revenue 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 to RTK- 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.

 

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Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China

13 April 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Wang Chang Shun, Tan Wan Geng and Zhang Zi Fang as executive Directors; and Zheng Fan, Gu Hui Zhong, Tan Jin Song and Jiao Shu Ge as independent non-executive Directors.

 

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