SSE ANNOUNCEMENT

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AIR CHINA LIMITED

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF SEPTEMBER 2025

In September 2025, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year-on-year 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 1.2%, and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 5.6%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity decreased by 0.3% year on year, and passenger traffic increased by 3.4% year on year. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 4.8% year on year, and passenger traffic increased by 11.4% year on year. For regional routes, passenger capacity decreased by 0.8% year on year, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 6.6% year on year. The passenger load factor was 83.2%, representing an increase of 3.5 percentage points as compared to the same period last year. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 3.0 percentage points year on year, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by

4.7 percentage points year on year, and the passenger load factor for regional routes increased by 5.1 percentage points year on year.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 2.9% year on year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased by 4.6% year on year. The cargo load factor was 41.4%, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.0 percentage points.

Starting from 28 September 2025, the Company added the Beijing Daxing International Airport - Ganzhou Ruijin route (seven flights a week).

In September 2025, the Group introduced five A320 series aircraft and two B737 series aircraft, and retired one B747 series aircraft and one A320 series aircraft. At the end of September 2025, the Group operated a fleet of 946 aircraft, including 419 self-owned aircraft, 233 aircraft under finance lease and 294 aircraft under operating lease.