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 December 2021 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 December 2021 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 December 2021, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres ("ASK")) of the Group decreased by 31.96% as compared with the same period last year (a year-on-year ("YoY") basis), of which, passenger capacity for domestic, regional and international routes decreased by 32.36%, 33.68% and 21.80%, 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 37.35%, of which, passenger traffic for domestic, regional and international routes decreased by 38.02%, 30.89% and 12.52%, respectively, as compared with the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 64.92%, representing a decrease of 5.58 percentage points as compared with the same period last year, of which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes decreased by 5.98 percentage points, while that for regional routes and international routes increased by 1.19 percentage points and 5.70 percentage points, respectively, as compared with the same period last year.

In terms of cargo operations, in December 2021, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers ("ATK") - Cargo and Mail) decreased by 15.18% as compared with the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres ("RTK") - Cargo and Mail) increased by 4.50% as compared with the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 58.04%, representing an increase of 10.93 percentage points as compared with the same period last year.

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In December 2021, the Group has newly launched the following major routes: Guangzhou - Shijiazhuang - Zhangjiakou - Shijiazhuang - Guangzhou, Urumqi - Lanzhou - Changchun - Lanzhou - Urumqi, Chongqing - Datong - Dalian - Datong - Chongqing (each being seven flights a week), Tianjin - Shanghai Pudong - Tianjin (being four flights a week), Chongqing - Hefei - Qingdao - Hefei - Chongqing (being three flights a week).

In December 2021, the Group introduced three aircraft (including two A350 aircraft and one ARJ21 aircraft). As of the end of December 2021, the Group operated a fleet of 878 aircraft as set out below:

Aircraft Model		Self-owned			Finance Lease			Operating Lease			Subtotal
Airbus 380 Series			4				1				0				5
Airbus 350 Series			0				12				0				12
Airbus 330 Series			4				29				7				40
Airbus 320 Series			103				108				123				334
Boeing 787 Series			4				25				10				39
Boeing 777 Series			8				21				0				29
Boeing 737 Series			161				72				166				399
Boeing 747 Series			2				0				0				2
EMB190 Series			6				0				0				6
ARJ21			1				11				0				12
Total			293				279				306				878

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KEY OPERATING DATA OF DECEMBER 2021

Traffic		December 2021			Cumulative 2021
	Amount			Month-on-Month ("MoM") Change (%)			YoY Change (%)			Amount			YoY Change (%)
RPK (in million)
Domestic			9,390.25				28.80				-38.02				148,224.88				5.77
Regional			8.76				52.89				-30.89				152.49				-36.23
International			357.93				20.02				-12.52				4,048.69				-69.01
Total			9,756.94				28.48				-37.35				152,426.06				-0.66
RTK (in million)
Domestic			945.78				25.88				-35.87				14,389.65				4.87
Regional			1.77				25.03				-22.72				25.48				-15.60
International			606.69				-2.48				7.23				6,791.74				-3.71
Total			1,554.24				13.04				-23.92				21,206.87				1.93
RTK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic			107.34				8.64				-12.91				1,265.10				-4.88
Regional			0.99				9.61				-14.90				12.01				29.30
International			574.91				-3.48				8.59				6,432.38				8.74
Total			683.24				-1.74				4.50				7,709.48				6.27
Passengers carried (in thousand)
Domestic			6,121.32				23.92				-38.42				97,717.37				4.05
Regional			8.84				50.66				-26.67				147.76				-30.70
International			52.22				17.48				-26.34				639.77				-76.58
Total			6,182.38				23.89				-38.32				98,504.89				1.70
Cargo and mail carried (in thousand tonnes)
Domestic			64.57				5.56				-15.90				765.33				-6.38
Regional			1.00				9.27				-15.52				12.19				33.66
International			59.45				-4.21				7.52				664.21				4.73
Total			125.03				0.70				-6.18				1,441.73				-1.31

Capacity		December 2021			Cumulative 2021
	Amount			MoM Change (%)			YoY Change (%)			Amount			YoY Change (%)
ASK (in million)
Domestic			14,334.29				25.88				-32.36				205,441.70				5.93
Regional			29.72				5.57				-33.68				463.01				-15.96
International			665.59				11.61				-21.80				8,021.64				-60.36
Total			15,029.60				25.12				-31.96				213,926.36				-0.37
ATK (in million)
Domestic			1,606.72				24.98				-34.68				23,431.58				5.63
Regional			4.12				4.40				-29.58				61.20				-13.46
International			918.98				-1.63				0.96				10,025.84				-13.86
Total			2,529.82				13.77				-25.06				33,518.62				-1.10
ATK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic			316.63				21.48				-42.68				4,941.83				4.51
Regional			1.45				2.30				-20.50				19.53				-7.59
International			859.08				-2.44				3.06				9,303.89				-5.23
Total			1,177.16				3.02				-15.18				14,265.25				-2.07

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Load Factor		December 2021			Cumulative 2021
	Figure (%)			MoM Change (Percentage Points)			YoY Change (Percentage Points)			Figure (%)			YoY Change (Percentage Points)
Passenger Load Factor (RPK/ASK)
Domestic			65.51				1.49				-5.98				72.15				-0.11
Regional			29.49				9.13				1.19				32.93				-10.47
International			53.78				3.77				5.70				50.47				-14.10
Total			64.92				1.70				-5.58				71.25				-0.21
Cargo and Mail Load Factor
Domestic			33.90				-4.00				11.59				25.60				-2.53
Regional			68.49				4.56				4.51				61.48				17.54
International			66.92				-0.72				3.41				69.14				8.88
Total			58.04				-2.81				10.93				54.04				4.24
Overall Load Factor (RTK/ATK)
Domestic			58.86				0.41				-1.09				61.41				-0.44
Regional			42.89				7.07				3.81				41.64				-1.06
International			66.02				-0.57				3.86				67.74				7.14
Total			61.44				-0.39				0.92				63.27				1.88

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) 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

14 January 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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