ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF SEPT 2019

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AIR CHINA LIMITED

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF SEPTEMBER   2019

In September 2019, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") maintained growth in combined passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometers (the "RPK")) as compared to the same period last year and recorded decrease as compared to the same period last month. Passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometers (the "ASK")) and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 4.9% and 5.0% respectively. For domestic routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 7.5% and 6.5% respectively, as compared to the same period last year. For international routes, passenger capacity and passenger traffic increased by 1.9% and 4.7% respectively, as compared to the same period last year. Passenger capacity on regional routes decreased by 3.0%, and passenger traffic recorded a decrease of 15.7%, as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 80.6%, representing an increase of 0.1 percentage point as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor for domestic routes decreased by 0.7 percentage point and international routes increased by 2.1 percentage points as compared to the same period last year, and load factor for regional routes decreased by 10.3 percentage points year-on-year.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 0.7% year-on-year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) decreased by 7.9%, and the volume of cargo and mail carried decreased by 5.4% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 44.7%, representing a year-on-year decrease of 4.2 percentage   points.

In September 2019, the Group introduced two A320 series aircraft. As at the end of September 2019,  the Group operated a fleet of 680 aircraft, including 286 self-owned aircraft, 194 aircraft under finance lease and 200 aircraft under operating   lease.