China Eastern Airlines : 20170117-Inside Information Overseas Regulatory Announcement –...

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

(Stock code: 00670) INSIDE INFORMATION OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

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 ("Listing Rules") and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

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.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR DECEMBER 2016

I.	OPERATING DATA	Actual	Increase from
Estimated	amount	December	Total	Total actual
amount for	completed in	2015 to	estimated	amount	Increase
December	December	December	amount for	completed	from
2016	2015	2016	2016	in 2015	2015 to 2016
Passenger Transportation Data
ASK (available seat - kilometres)(millions)	17,839.83	15,612.56	14.3%	206,249.34	181,792.90	13.5%
- Domestic routes	10,948.24	10,014.97	9.3%	129,456.25	121,019.00	7.0%
- International routes	6,416.73	5,128.56	25.1%	71,180.88	55,264.62	28.8%
- Regional routes	474.86	469.03	1.2%	5,612.21	5,509.28	1.9%
RPK (revenue passenger - kilometres)(millions)	14,064.49	11,996.24	17.2%	167,523.15	146,342.43	14.5%
- Domestic routes	8,671.79	7,729.29	12.2%	106,356.18	98,304.47	8.2%
- International routes	5,020.16	3,916.53	28.2%	56,820.33	43,848.84	29.6%
- Regional routes	372.53	350.42	6.3%	4,346.64	4,189.11	3.8%

Estimated	amount	December	Total	Total actual
amount for	completed in	2015 to	estimated	amount	Increase
December	December	December	amount for	completed	from
2016	2015	2016	2016	in 2015	2015 to 2016

Number of passengers

carried (thousands)	8,292.95	7,459.13	11.2%	101,741.71	93,779.95	8.5%
- Domestic routes	6,821.06	6,183.15	10.3%	84,200.17	78,422.38	7.4%
- International routes	1,195.67	1,017.03	17.6%	14,325.53	12,265.16	16.8%
- Regional routes	276.23	258.95	6.7%	3,216.02	3,092.41	4.0%

Passenger load factor (%)	78.84	76.84	2.00pts	81.22	80.50	0.72pts
- Domestic routes	79.21	77.18	2.03pts	82.16	81.23	0.93pts
- International routes	78.24	76.37	1.87pts	79.83	79.34	0.48pts
- Regional routes	78.45	74.71	3.74pts	77.45	76.04	1.41pts

Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne

- kilometres)(millions)	827.23	803.02	3.0%	9,439.79	8,841.67	6.8%
- Domestic routes	192.81	196.36	-1.8%	2,220.53	2,336.74	-5.0%
- International routes	609.76	581.85	4.8%	6,949.15	6,223.65	11.7%
- Regional routes	24.67	24.81	-0.6%	270.11	281.28	-4.0%

RFTK (revenue freight tonne
- kilometres)(millions)	454.92	448.74	1.4%	4,874.96	4,865.12	0.2%
- Domestic routes	91.25	92.38	-1.2%	963.34	947.99	1.6%
- International routes	351.64	344.71	2.0%	3,786.01	3,791.06	-0.1%
- Regional routes	12.02	11.65	3.2%	125.61	126.07	-0.4%

Weight of freight carried

(million kg)	132.49	129.34	2.4%	1,395.03	1,399.42	-0.3%
- Domestic routes	67.99	68.11	-0.2%	707.18	693.49	2.0%
- International routes	54.51	51.89	5.0%	584.80	604.29	-3.2%
- Regional routes	9.99	9.34	7.0%	103.04	101.65	1.4%

Freight load factor (%)	54.99	55.88	-0.89pts	51.64	55.02	-3.38pts
- Domestic routes	47.33	47.05	0.28pts	43.38	40.57	2.81pts
- International routes	57.67	59.24	-1.58pts	54.48	60.91	-6.43pts
- Regional routes	48.74	46.95	1.79pts	46.50	44.82	1.68pts

Estimated amount for December 2016	amount completed in December 2015	December 2015 to December 2016	Total estimated amount for 2016	Total actual amount completed in 2015	Increase from 2015 to 2016
Consolidated Data
ATK (available tonne - kilometres)(millions)	2,432.82	2,208.15	10.2%	28,002.23	25,203.03	11.1%
- Domestic routes	1,178.15	1,097.71	7.3%	13,871.59	13,228.45	4.9%
- International routes	1,187.26	1,043.42	13.8%	13,355.42	11,197.47	19.3%
- Regional routes	67.40	67.02	0.6%	775.21	777.11	-0.2%
RTK (revenue tonne - kilometres)(millions)	1,708.67	1,519.05	12.5%	19,712.12	17,820.43	10.6%
- Domestic routes	865.89	783.63	10.5%	10,397.79	9,666.67	7.6%
- International routes	797.69	692.66	15.2%	8,804.68	7,657.61	15.0%
- Regional routes	45.09	42.76	5.4%	509.65	496.15	2.7%
Overall load factor (%)	70.23	68.79	1.44pts	70.39	70.71	-0.31pts
- Domestic routes	73.50	71.39	2.11pts	74.96	73.07	1.88pts
- International routes	67.19	66.38	0.80pts	65.93	68.39	-2.46pts
- Regional routes	66.90	63.81	3.09pts	65.74	63.85	1.90pts

Note: Please refer to the latest annual report or interim report of the Company for the definitions of the indicators.

1. FLEET STRUCTURE

   As at the end of December 2016, details of the fleet structure of passenger aircraft and freighters of the Company are as follows:

   Under	Under	(Units)
   No. Model	Self-owned	finance lease	operating lease	Sub-total
   Total number of passenger aircraft	213	224	135	572
   Wide-body aircraft	28	35	10	73
   1 B777-300ER	9	7	-	16
   2 B767	6	-	-	6
   3 A330-200	12	18	3	33
   4 A330-300	1	10	7	18
   Narrow-body aircraft	185	189	125	499
   5 B737-700	36	19	8	63
   6 B737-800	36	57	78	171
   7 A319	9	24	3	36
   8 A320	72	55	36	163
   9 A321	32	34	-	66
   Total number of freighters	-	2	7	9
   10 B747F	-	2	1	3
   11 B777F	-	-	6	6
   Total number of passenger aircraft and freighters	213	226	142	581

2. BRIEF EXPLANATION ON OPERATING DATA

In December 2016, China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the "Company") introduced two B737-800 and two A321 aircraft, and retired two A320 aircraft. The Company launched new routes such as Kunming-Nanjing-Vancouver and Shanghai- Wuhan-Panzhihua routes.

In December 2016, the Company optimized its capacity allocation and strengthened its marketing and sales strategies based on market demand. Passenger capacity of the Company increased by 14.3% year-on-year. Passenger load factor increased by 2 percentage points to 78.8% year-on-year. Due to the increase in the overall bellyhold cargo capacity, the freight transportation capacity of the Company increased by 3.0% year-on-year. Freight traffic volume increased by 1.4% year-on-year, while freight load factor was 55.0%.