ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF JUNE 2021

SSE ANNOUNCEMENT

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AIR CHINA LIMITED

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF JUNE 2021

In June 2021, Air China Limited (the "Company"), and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year- on-year increase and a month-to-month decrease 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 32.1% and passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 41.0%. For domestic routes, passenger capacity increased by 31.5% and passenger traffic increased by 41.2%, as compared to the same period last year. For international routes, passenger capacity decreased by 17.3% and passenger traffic decreased by 34.6%, as compared to the same period last year. Passenger capacity and passenger traffic on regional routes recorded large scale increases, as compared to the same period last year. The overall passenger load factor was 71.6%, representing an increase of 4.5 percentage points as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 5.0 percentage points and for international routes decreased by 12.9 percentage points, as compared to the same period last year, and the passenger load factor for regional routes increased by 56.8 percentage points year on year.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) decreased by 0.1% year on year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased by 11.3% and the volume of cargo and mail carried increased by 7.2%, as compared to the same period last year. The cargo load factor was 40.6%, representing a year-on-year increase of 4.1 percentage points.

In June 2021, the Group introduced two A320NEO aircraft, one A321NEO aircraft, retired one A321 aircraft. As at the end of June 2021, the Group operated a fleet of 729 aircraft, including 293 self- owned aircraft, 229 aircraft under finance lease and 207 aircraft under operating lease.