Form 6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

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

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of February 2020

Commission File Number: 001-14550

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Board Secretariat’s Office

5/F, Block A2, Northern District, CEA Building

36 Hongxiang 3rd Road, Minhang District

Shanghai, China 200335

(Address of principal executive offices)

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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 Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
	(Registrant)

Date February 18, 2020	By	/s/ Wang Jian
		Name:	Wang Jian
		Title:	Company Secretary

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.

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.

LOGO

(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 JANUARY 2020

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 January 2020, the Company’s passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) increased by 5.80% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic and international routes increased by 1.91% and 14.90% year-on-year, respectively, and the passenger transportation capacity of its regional routes decreased by 16.95% year-on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) decreased by 1.28% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its international routes increased by 7.60% year-on-year, and the passenger traffic volume of its domestic and regional routes decreased by 4.91% and 29.89% year-on-year, respectively; and passenger load factor decreased by 5.41 percentage points year-on-year to 75.38%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by 5.37, 5.20 and 12.75 percentage points year-on-year, respectively.

In relation to freight transportation, the freight transportation business of the Company only consists of bellyhold space freight operated through passenger aircraft, and such business is under contractual operation by a subsidiary of the controlling shareholder of the Company. Freight load volume in January 2020 decreased by 5.39% year-on-year.

In January 2020, the Company launched new international routes such as Qingdao — Tokyo, Wuhan — Tokyo and Yantai — Tokyo.

As affected by the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, in response to the change of market demand and operating environment, the Company suspended or adjusted the operation of certain routes and flights.

II.

FLEET STRUCTURE

As at the end of January 2020, the Company operated a total of 724 aircraft, including 262 self- owned aircraft, 262 aircraft under finance lease and 200 aircraft under operating lease.

As at the end of January 2020, details of the fleet structure of the Company were as follows:


								(Units)
				Under		Under
No.	Model	Self-owned		finance lease		operating lease		Sub-total
	Wide-body passenger aircraft		39		49		5		93
1	B777 series		10		10		0		20
2	B787 series		3		7		0		10
3	A350 series		1		6		0		7
4	A330 series		25		26		5		56

	Narrow-body passenger aircraft		223		213		195		631
5	A320 series		136		125		68		329
6	B737 series		87		88		127		302

Total			262		262		200		724

Note: The 15 business aircraft self-owned by and held under trust of the Company were not included in the fleet.

III.

MAJOR OPERATING DATA


	Amount completed in January 2020		Actual amount completed in January 2019		Year- on-year increase			Total amount completed in January 2020		Total actual amount completed in January 2019		Year- on-year increase
Passenger Transportation Data ASK (available seat-kilometres) (millions)		24,071.78		22,751.43		5.80	%		24,071.78		22,751.43		5.80	%
— Domestic routes		14,852.37		14,573.62		1.91	%		14,852.37		14,573.62		1.91	%
— International routes		8,758.34		7,622.61		14.90	%		8,758.34		7,622.61		14.90	%
— Regional routes		461.07		555.20		-16.95	%		461.07		555.20		-16.95	%

RPK (revenue passenger-kilometres) (millions)		18,145.60		18,381.37		-1.28	%		18,145.60		18,381.37		-1.28	%
— Domestic routes		11,114.33		11,688.32		-4.91	%		11,114.33		11,688.32		-4.91	%
— International routes		6,712.54		6,238.45		7.60	%		6,712.54		6,238.45		7.60	%
— Regional routes		318.73		454.59		-29.89	%		318.73		454.59		-29.89	%

Number of passengers carried (thousands)		10,118.71		10,697.98		-5.41	%		10,118.71		10,697.98		-5.41	%
— Domestic routes		8,300.57		8,873.57		-6.46	%		8,300.57		8,873.57		-6.46	%
— International routes		1,577.67		1,488.62		5.98	%		1,577.67		1,488.62		5.98	%
— Regional routes		240.47		335.79		-28.39	%		240.47		335.79		-28.39	%

Passenger load factor (%)		75.38		80.79		-5.41	pts		75.38		80.79		-5.41	pts
— Domestic routes		74.83		80.20		-5.37	pts		74.83		80.20		-5.37	pts
— International routes		76.64		81.84		-5.20	pts		76.64		81.84		-5.20	pts
— Regional routes		69.13		81.88		-12.75	pts		69.13		81.88		-12.75	pts

Freight Transportation Data AFTK (available freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)		843.93		769.00		9.74	%		843.93		769.00		9.74	%
— Domestic routes		288.43		290.90		-0.85	%		288.43		290.90		-0.85	%
— International routes		541.80		460.58		17.63	%		541.80		460.58		17.63	%
— Regional routes		13.69		17.51		-21.79	%		13.69		17.51		-21.79	%

RFTK (revenue freight tonne-kilometres) (millions)		244.41		233.35		4.74	%		244.41		233.35		4.74	%
— Domestic routes		81.95		92.34		-11.25	%		81.95		92.34		-11.25	%
— International routes		160.59		138.44		16.00	%		160.59		138.44		16.00	%
— Regional routes		1.87		2.57		-27.09	%		1.87		2.57		-27.09	%

Weight of freight carried (million kg)		82.44		87.14		-5.39	%		82.44		87.14		-5.39	%
— Domestic routes		58.28		64.78		-10.03	%		58.28		64.78		-10.03	%
— International routes		22.47		20.12		11.66	%		22.47		20.12		11.66	%
— Regional routes		1.69		2.24		-24.42	%		1.69		2.24		-24.42	%


	Amount completed in January 2020		Actual amount completed in January 2019		Year- on-year increase			Total amount completed in January 2020		Total actual amount completed in January 2019		Year- on-year increase
Freight load factor (%)		28.96		30.34		-1.38	pts		28.96		30.34		-1.38	pts
— Domestic routes		28.41		31.74		-3.33	pts		28.41		31.74		-3.33	pts
— International routes		29.64		30.06		-0.42	pts		29.64		30.06		-0.42	pts
— Regional routes		13.68		14.68		-0.99	pts		13.68		14.68		-0.99	pts

Consolidated Data ATK (available tonne-kilometres) (millions)		3,010.39		2,816.62		6.88	%		3,010.39		2,816.62		6.88	%
— Domestic routes		1,625.14		1,602.53		1.41	%		1,625.14		1,602.53		1.41	%
— International routes		1,330.06		1,146.62		16.00	%		1,330.06		1,146.62		16.00	%
— Regional routes		55.19		67.48		-18.21	%		55.19		67.48		-18.21	%

RTK (revenue tonne- kilometres) (millions)		1,825.77		1,845.19		-1.05	%		1,825.77		1,845.19		-1.05	%
— Domestic routes		1,051.59		1,118.90		-6.02	%		1,051.59		1,118.90		-6.02	%
— International routes		744.42		684.00		8.83	%		744.42		684.00		8.83	%
— Regional routes		29.76		42.28		-29.61	%		29.76		42.28		-29.61	%

Overall load factor (%)		60.65		65.51		-4.86	pts		60.65		65.51		-4.86	pts
— Domestic routes		64.71		69.82		-5.11	pts		64.71		69.82		-5.11	pts
— International routes		55.97		59.65		-3.69	pts		55.97		59.65		-3.69	pts
— Regional routes		53.93		62.66		-8.74	pts		53.93		62.66		-8.74	pts

Note:

Freight transportation data only contained data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft. The table does not contain data of cargo services.

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 utilization of the information above.

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” under “About China Eastern Airlines — Get to know China Eastern Airlines” 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

14 February 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Li Yangmin (Vice Chairman), Tang Bing (Director), Wang Junjin (Director), Lin Wanli (Independent non-executive Director), Shao Ruiqing (Independent non-executive Director), Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director), Dong Xuebo (Independent non-executive Director) and Yuan Jun (Employee Representative Director).