ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF APRIL 2023

SSE ANNOUNCEMENT

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AIR CHINA LIMITED

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF APRIL 2023

In April 2023, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year-on-year increase and a month-on-month increase in combined passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")). Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers (the "ASK")) recorded a year-on-year increase of 467.1% and a month-on-month increase of 13.0%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 630.5% and a month-on-month increase of 14.7%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity increased by 415.5% year on year and increased by 7.1% month on month, and passenger traffic increased by 574.4% year on year and increased by 10.3% month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 1,417.0% and increased by 82.7% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 1,710.2% and increased by 72.2% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by 802.0% and increased by 17.6% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 1,490.3% year on year and an increase of 17.6% month on month. The passenger load factor was 70.6%, representing an increase of 15.8 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and an increase of 1.0 percentage points as compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 17.1 percentage points year on year and increased by 2.2 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by 9.6 percentage points and decreased by 3.6 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and the passenger load factor for regional routes increased by 28.2 percentage points year on year and maintained the same month on month.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 10.4% year on year and increased by 15.0% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) decreased by 49.3% year on year and increased by 21.6% month on month. The cargo load factor was 24.5%, representing a year- on-year decrease of 18.9 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of 1.3 percentage points.

In April 2023, the Group introduced two A350 aircraft and retired two B737-800 aircraft. As at the end of April 2023, the Group operated a fleet of 896 aircraft, including 343 self-owned aircraft, 248 aircraft under finance lease and 305 aircraft under operating lease.