China Southern Airlines : ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA - Form 6-K

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA

This announcement is made based on the operating data for June 2022 of the Group to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and pursuant to Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

The relevant key operating data was calculated based on the internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the data disclosed in the relevant 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 based on the operating data for June 2022 of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Group") to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and pursuant to Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

In June 2022, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres ("ASK")) of the Group decreased by 16.80 % as compared with the same period last year (a year-on-year ("YoY") basis), of which, passenger capacity for domestic routes, regional routes and international routes decreased by 16.64%, 79.31% and 15.27%, respectively, as compared with the same period last year. Compared with the same period last year, passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometres ("RPK")) decreased by 26.10%, of which, passenger traffic for domestic routes and regional routes decreased by 26.85% and 63.58%, respectively, and international routes increased by 4.65%, as compared with the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 67.04%, representing a decrease of 8.44 percentage points as compared with the same period last year, of which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes decreased by 9.38 percentage points, while that for regional routes and international routes increased by 26.39 percentage points and 11.85 percentage points, respectively, as compared with the same period last year.

In terms of cargo operations, in June 2022, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers ("ATK")-Cargo and Mail) decreased by 13.78% as compared with the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres ("RTK")-Cargo and Mail) decreased by 5.86% as compared with the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 60.84%, representing an increase of 5.12 percentage points as compared with the same period last year.

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In June 2022, the Group has newly launched the following major routes: Zhengzhou - Ordos - Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou - Xining - Dunhuang - Xining - Zhengzhou (each being seven flights a week).

In June 2022, the Group introduced one A319NEO aircraft and one ARJ21 aircraft. As of the end of June 2022, the Group operated a fleet of 880 commercial aircrafts as set out below:

Aircraft Model		Self-owned			Finance Lease			Operating Lease			Subtotal
Airbus 380 Series			3				0				0				3
Airbus 350 Series			0				12				0				12
Airbus 330 Series			4				29				7				40
Airbus 320 Series			103				114				123				340
Boeing 787 Series			4				25				10				39
Boeing 777 Series			8				21				0				29
Boeing 737 Series			135				71				192				398
EMB190 Series			6				0				0				6
ARJ21			1				12				0				13
Total			264				284				332				880

As at the end of June 2022, save for the commercial aircrafts mentioned above, the Group operated a fleet of 27 civil helicopters.

KEY OPERATING DATA OF JUNE 2022

Traffic		June 2022			Cumulative 2022
	Amount			Month-on- Month ("MoM") Change (%)			YoY Change (%)			Amount			YoY Change (%)
RPK (in million)
Domestic			9,377.71				76.27				-26.85				46,432.59				-43.47
Regional			7.33				46.88				-63.58				44.87				-55.21
International			350.75				-1.33				4.65				1,838.32				-7.26
Total			9,735.79				71.39				-26.10				48,315.78				-42.63
RTK (in million)
Domestic			933.68				66.55				-25.26				4,646.91				-41.40
Regional			0.78				34.39				-74.06				7.01				-54.79

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International			599.84				-1.63				-4.25				3,309.57				-6.37
Total			1,534.29				31.03				-18.33				7,963.48				-30.63
RTK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic			98.65				16.60				-11.33				535.41				-16.37
Regional			0.13				0.00				-89.61				3.03				-54.19
International			568.92				-1.62				-4.67				3,146.95				-6.31
Total			667.69				0.71				-5.86				3,685.39				-7.99
Passengers carried (in thousand)
Domestic			5,891.36				75.32				-30.09				29,386.65				-45.87
Regional			7.44				43.49				-62.54				45.08				-53.01
International			58.26				6.36				8.51				294.27				-12.21
Total			5,957.06				74.17				-29.92				29,726.00				-45.68
Cargo and mail carried (in thousand tonnes)
Domestic			58.47				16.44				-12.56				320.49				-17.13
Regional			0.12				0.00				-90.40				3.02				-54.89
International			63.11				-0.95				1.81				341.96				-1.43
Total			121.70				6.70				-6.45				665.47				-10.12
Capacity		June 2022			Cumulative 2022
	Amount			MoM Change (%)			YoY Change (%)			Amount			YoY Change (%)
ASK (in million)
Domestic			13,946.80				58.49				-16.64				71,849.13				-34.54
Regional			11.99				18.20				-79.31				118.00				-59.82
International			563.43				6.38				-15.27				3,091.36				-27.16
Total			14,522.22				55.49				-16.80				75,058.50				-34.33
ATK (in million)
Domestic			1,502.75				55.32				-20.22				7,951.86				-36.83
Regional			1.38				20.66				-81.13				15.62				-58.96
International			900.27				-1.54				-5.51				5,086.62				-2.87
Total			2,404.39				27.69				-15.45				13,054.10				-26.92
ATK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic			247.54				41.04				-34.49				1,485.44				-45.19
Regional			0.30				30.51				-85.71				5.00				-56.99
International			849.56				-1.97				-4.85				4,808.40				-0.96
Total			1,097.39				5.28				-13.78				6,298.83				-16.87

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Load Factor		June 2022			Cumulative 2022
	Figure (%)			MoM Change (Percentage Points)			YoY Change (Percentage Points)			Figure (%)			YoY Change (Percentage Points)
Passenger Load Factor (RPK/ASK)
Domestic			67.24				6.79				-9.38				64.63				-10.21
Regional			61.10				11.93				26.39				38.02				3.92
International			62.25				-4.86				11.85				59.47				12.76
Total			67.04				6.22				-8.44				64.37				-9.32
Cargo and Mail Load Factor
Domestic			39.85				-8.36				10.41				36.04				12.42
Regional			42.53				-16.10				-15.98				60.62				3.70
International			66.97				0.25				0.13				65.45				-3.73
Total			60.84				-2.77				5.12				58.51				5.64
Overall Load Factor (RTK/ATK)
Domestic			62.13				4.19				-4.18				58.44				-4.56
Regional			56.34				5.76				15.36				44.86				4.13
International			66.63				-0.06				0.88				65.06				-2.43
Total			63.81				1.63				-2.25				61.00				-3.26

Notes:

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

2.

"RTK(s)" refers to the load (passenger and cargo and mail) 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 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 preliminary statistics of the Group, which may be subsequently adjusted or differ from the data disclosed in the relevant 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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By order of the Board

China Southern Airlines Company Limited

Xie Bing

Company Secretary

Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China

15 July 2022

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Ma Xu Lun and Han Wen Sheng as executive Directors; and Liu Chang Le, Gu Hui Zhong, Guo Wei and Yan Andrew Y as independent non-executive Directors.

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