SSE ANNOUNCEMENT

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AIR CHINA LIMITED

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA OF APRIL 2024

In April 2024, Air China Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") recorded a year- on-year increase and a month-on-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 14.2%, and a month-on-month decrease of 3.1%. Passenger traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 27.4% and a month-on-month decrease of 2.7%. Among which, for domestic routes, passenger capacity decreased by 6.3% year on year and decreased by 6.1% month on month, and passenger traffic increased by 3.0% year on year and decreased by 5.0% month on month. For international routes, passenger capacity increased by 151.1% and increased by 4.2% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic increased by 228.9% and increased by 2.5% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively. For regional routes, passenger capacity increased by 45.7% and increased by 9.8% as compared to the same period last year and the previous month, respectively, and passenger traffic recorded an increase of 65.3% year on year and an increase of 15.6% month on month. The passenger load factor was 78.8%, representing an increase of 8.2 percentage points as compared to the same period last year and an increase of 0.3 percentage points as compared to the previous month. Among which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes increased by 7.2 percentage points year on year and increased by 0.9 percentage points month on month, the passenger load factor for international routes increased by 18.3 percentage points and decreased by 1.3 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 8.8 percentage points year on year and increased by 3.7 percentage points month on month.

In terms of cargo operations, cargo capacity (measured by available freight tonne kilometers (the "AFTK")) increased by 25.8% year on year and decreased by 9.3% month on month. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue freight tonne kilometers (the "RFTK")) increased by 95.8% year on year and decreased by 0.2% month on month. The cargo load factor was 38.1%, representing a year-on-year increase of 13.6 percentage points and a month-on-month increase of 3.5 percentage points.

In April 2024, the Group introduced one ARJ21-700 aircraft and two B737 series aircraft. As at the end of April 2024, the Group operated a fleet of 914 aircraft, including 406 self-owned aircraft, 212 aircraft under finance lease and 296 aircraft under operating lease.