China Eastern Airlines : Form 6-K

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
			(Registrant)
Date		October 18, 2021			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.

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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.

		(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock code: 00670)

INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR SEPTEMBER 2021

This overseas regulatory announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the "Company") and all members of the board of directors confirm that the information contained in this announcement is true, accurate and complete, and no misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions are contained herein.

I.	OPERATIONS

In September 2021, the Company's passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) decreased by 18.28% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic and international routes decreased by 18.19% and 29.33% year-on-year, respectively, while the passenger transportation capacity of its regional routes increased by 80.07% year-on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) decreased by 31.14% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic and international routes decreased by 31.63% and 12.88% year-on- year, respectively, while the passenger traffic volume of its regional routes increased by 212.63% year-on-year; and passenger load factor decreased by 12.10 percentage points year- on-year to 64.79%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic routes decreased by 12.77 percentage points year-on-year, while the passenger load factor of its international and regional routes increased by 11.19 and 22.17 percentage points year-on-year, respectively.

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In relation to freight transportation, the freight transportation business of the Company includes passenger aircraft cargo business under conventional circumstances (mainly passenger aircraft bellyhold space business) and passenger aircraft cargo business under unconventional circumstances (mainly "Passenger-to-Cargo Conversion" business), and such business is under exclusive operation by China Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd. In September 2021, freight traffic volume increased by 3.78% year-on-year.

In September 2021, the Company launched new domestic passenger transportation routes, which are Qionghai - Shenyang, Qionghai - Harbin, Shanghai - Urumchi - Tumushuke, and Shanghai - Huangguoshu.

II.	FLEET STRUCTURE

In September 2021, the Company introduced two A320NEO aircraft and one ARJ21 aircraft and did not retire any aircraft. As of the end of September 2021, the Company operated a total of 746 aircraft, including 278 self-owned aircraft, 268 aircraft under finance lease and 200 aircraft under operating lease.

Details of the fleet structure were as follows:

(Units)

No.		Model		Self-owned			Under finance lease			Under operating lease			Sub-total
	Wide-body passenger aircraft			44				47					96
1		B777 series			10				10				0				20
2		B787 series			3				7				0				10
3		A350 series			1				9				0				10
4		A330 series			30				21				5				56
	Narrow-body passenger aircraft			232				216				195				643
5		A320 series			130				143				80				353
6		B737 series			102				73				115				290
	Regional aircraft			2				5				0				7
7		ARJ series			2				5				0				7
	Total			278				268				200				746

Note:

The eight business aircraft of the Company were not included in the above fleet structure.

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III.	MAJOR OPERATING DATA

		Amount completed in September 2021			Amount completed in September 2020			Year-on- year increase			Total amount completed from January to September in 2021			Total amount completed from January to September in 2020			Year-on- year increase
Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat- kilometres) (millions)			12,977.83				15,880.51				-18.28	%			124,244.88				106,529.39				16.63	%
- Domestic routes			12,636.37				15,446.60				-18.19	%			120,648.82				90,487.16				33.33	%
- International routes			284.18				402.10				-29.33	%			3,051.72				15,290.79				-80.04	%
- Regional routes			57.28				31.81				80.07	%			544.34				751.44				-27.56	%
RPK (revenue passenger- kilometres) (millions)			8,408.14				12,211.03				-31.14	%			86,493.30				74,529.61				16.05	%
- Domestic routes			8,209.76				12,008.13				-31.63	%			84,865.70				64,005.57				32.59	%
- International routes			168.42				193.32				-12.88	%			1,322.93				10,125.92				-86.94	%
- Regional routes			29.95				9.58				212.63	%			304.67				398.13				-23.47	%
Number of passengers carried (thousands)			6,130.21				9,001.32				-31.90	%			62,807.07				50,600.59				24.12	%
- Domestic routes			6,088.03				8,963.99				-32.08	%			62,402.48				48,127.80				29.66	%
- International routes			21.47				29.06				-26.12	%			201.56				2,164.94				-90.69	%
- Regional routes			20.71				8.28				150.12	%			203.03				307.86				-34.05	%
Passenger load factor (%)			64.79				76.89				-12.10pts				69.62				69.96				-0.34pts
- Domestic routes			64.97				77.74				-12.77pts				70.34				70.73				-0.39pts
- International routes			59.27				48.08				11.19pts				43.35				66.22				-22.87pts
- Regional routes			52.29				30.12				22.17pts				55.97				52.98				2.99pts
Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)			577.12				574.33				0.49	%			6,782.10				4,709.12				44.02	%
- Domestic routes			217.78				330.54				-34.11	%			2,401.31				1,686.35				42.40	%
- International routes			355.46				241.66				47.09	%			4,344.34				2,988.38				45.37	%
- Regional routes			3.88				2.13				82.16	%			36.44				34.39				5.96	%

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		Amount completed in September 2021			Amount completed in September 2020			Year-on- year increase			Total amount completed from January to September in 2021			Total amount completed from January to September in 2020			Year-on- year increase
RFTK (revenue freight tonne- kilometres) (millions)			237.97				177.59				34.00	%			2,488.20				1,510.33				64.75	%
- Domestic routes			77.80				87.94				-11.53	%			630.70				521.02				21.05	%
- International routes			159.17				88.93				78.98	%			1,849.90				981.66				88.45	%
- Regional routes			1.01				0.72				40.28	%			7.60				7.64				-0.52	%
Weight of freight carried (million kg)			74.70				71.98				3.78	%			665.35				483.98				37.47	%
- Domestic routes			52.97				60.94				-13.08	%			433.28				362.93				19.38	%
- International routes			20.71				10.33				100.48	%			224.41				113.90				97.02	%
- Regional routes			1.02				0.70				45.71	%			7.66				7.15				7.13	%
Freight load factor (%)			41.23				30.92				10.31pts				36.69				32.07				4.62pts
- Domestic routes			35.72				26.60				9.12pts				26.26				30.90				-4.64pts
- International routes			44.78				36.80				7.98pts				42.58				32.85				9.73pts
- Regional routes			25.88				33.97				-8.09pts				20.84				22.21				-1.37pts
Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne-kilometres) (millions)			1,745.13				2,003.57				-12.90	%			17,964.14				14,296.76				25.65	%
- Domestic routes			1,355.06				1,720.74				-21.25	%			13,259.71				9,830.20				34.89	%
- International routes			381.03				277.85				37.14	%			4,619.00				4,364.55				5.83	%
- Regional routes			9.04				4.99				81.16	%			85.44				102.02				-16.25	%
RTK (revenue tonne- kilometres) (millions)			990.50				1,270.11				-22.01	%			10,148.57				8,085.41				25.52	%
- Domestic routes			812.68				1,162.45				-30.09	%			8,146.90				6,178.51				31.86	%
- International routes			174.15				106.08				64.17	%			1,967.34				1,864.41				5.52	%
- Regional routes			3.67				1.58				132.28	%			34.33				42.49				-19.20	%
Overall load factor (%)			56.76				63.39				-6.63pts				56.49				56.55				-0.06pts
- Domestic routes			59.97				67.56				-7.59pts				61.44				62.85				-1.41pts
- International routes			45.70				38.18				7.52pts				42.59				42.72				-0.13pts
- Regional routes			40.64				31.61				9.03pts				40.18				41.65				-1.47pts

Note:

Freight transportation data only contained data of passenger aircraft bellyhold space and Passenger-to-Cargo Conversion. The table does not contain data of the fleet of all-cargo aircraft.

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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 utilisation of the information above.

The COVID-19 pandemic still has a significant impact on the air transportation business of the Company, while the time span and severity of which has great uncertainty. Investors are reminded of the risks thereof.

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).

By order of the Board

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED

Wang Jian

Company Secretary

Shanghai, the People's Republic of China

15 October 2021

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Li Yangmin (Vice Chairman, President), Tang Bing (Director), Lin Wanli (Director), Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director), Dong Xuebo (Independent non-executive Director), Sun Zheng (Independent non-executive Director), Lu Xiongwen (Independent non- executive Director) and Jiang Jiang (Employee Representative Director).

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