ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF JULY 2026

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AIR CHINA LIMITED

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF JULY 2026

In July 2026, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year- on-year increase in both combined passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers (the "ASK")) and passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")). Passenger capacity recorded a year-on-year increase of 4.8%, and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 11.2%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity increased by 3.9% year on year, and passenger traffic increased by 9.6% year on year. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 8.8% year on year, and passenger traffic increased by 17.4% year on year. For regional routes, passenger capacity decreased by 12.9% year on year, and passenger traffic decreased by 10.4% year on year. The passenger load factor was 85.0%, representing an increase of 4.9 percentage points as compared to the same period last year. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 4.4 percentage points year on year, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by 6.1 percentage points year on year, and the passenger load factor for regional routes increased by 2.1 percentage points year on year.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increases by 8.9% year on year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased by 7.0% year on year. The cargo load factor was 42.2%, representing a year-on-year decrease of 0.7 percentage points.