Air China : PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 00753)

PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The board of directors (the "Board") of Air China Limited (the "Company") announces that the Board resolved on 27 March 2019 to propose to appoint Mr. Cao Jianxiong ("Mr. Cao") as non- executive director of the Company. The proposed appointment is subject to the approval by shareholders at the general meeting of the Company.

Mr. Cao Jianxiong, aged 59, holds a master degree in economics from the East China Normal University and is a senior economist. He was appointed as the Deputy General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited in December 1996. In September 1999, he was appointed as the Vice President of China Eastern Airlines Group Corporation. Commencing from September 2002 till December 2008, he served as Vice President and a member of Communist Party Group of China Eastern Airlines Group Corporation and also served as Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of China Eastern Airlines Northwest Company from December 2002 to September 2004. From October 2006 to December 2008, he served as the General Manager and the Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited. Since December 2008, he has been serving as a member of Communist Party Group of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited. From December 2008 to March 2019, he served as the Deputy General Manager of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited. Mr. Cao served as a non-executive director of the Company from June 2009 to October 2017. He has been serving as a director of TravelSky Technology Limited (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, stock code: 00696) since August 2014. From October 2015 to September 2018, he served as the chairman of the board of China National Aviation Capital Holding Co., Ltd. He has been serving as Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Group of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited since November 2016. From May 2017 to March 2019, he served as the Vice President of the Company. He has been serving as the Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company since May 2017. He has been serving as a member and the Secretary of

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the Communist Party Committee of the management support division of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited and the Company since July 2017. He has been serving as a director of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited since March 2019.

Save as disclosed above and as at the date of this announcement, Mr. Cao does not have any relationship with any directors, senior management, substantial shareholder(s) or controlling shareholder(s) of the Company or hold any other positions in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any directorships in other listed companies in the last three years.

As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Cao does not have any interest in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Upon approval of Mr. Cao's appointment at a general meeting of the Company, Mr. Cao will enter into a service contract with the Company for a term commencing on the date of approval by the shareholders of his appointment and ending on the expiry of the term of the current session of the Board; Mr. Cao will not receive any remuneration for his serving as director of the Company according to the resolution of the general meeting of the Company held on 27 October 2017.

Save as disclosed above, the Board is not aware of any other matters in relation to the proposed appointment of Mr. Cao as non-executive director of the Company that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders nor any information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rules

13.51(2)(h) to 13.51 (2)(v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

A notice of general meeting of the Company containing, among others, detailed information of the above-mentioned proposal will be despatched to the shareholders in due course.

By Order of the Board

Air China Limited

Zhou Feng Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 27 March 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, Mr. Liu Deheng*, Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.

*Independent non-executive director of the Company

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