The board of directors of Air China Limited hereby announced that: on 27 September 2022, due to change of job assignments, Mr. Song Zhiyong has resigned from his positions as an executive director, the chairman (the "Chairman"), a member of the Strategy and Investment Committee, a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the chairman of the Aviation Safety Committee of the Board, with immediate effect; on the same day, Mr. Ma Chongxian was elected as the Chairman of the Company, with immediate effect. Due to such work adjustments, Mr. Ma Chongxian ceased to serve as the Vice Chairman and President of the Company from the date hereof. The term of Mr. Ma Chongxian's office as the Chairman of the Company shall end on the expiry of the term of the current session of the Board.

Mr. Song Zhiyong and Mr. Ma Chongxian confirmed that neither of them has any disagreement with the Board and the Company and that they are not aware of any matter relating to the above changes that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company. Mr. Ma Chongxian, aged 57, graduated from the Department of Economics of Inner Mongolia University with a bachelor's degree majoring in planning and statistics and holds a degree of EMBA in Tsinghua University. Mr. Ma started his career in civil aviation industry in July 1988 and served as vice president and a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party Committee of Air China from April 2010 to May 2021, and served as vice general manager and a member of the Leading Party Members' Group of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited ("CNAHC") from December 2016 to April 2021.

He served as deputy secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of CNAHC from April 2021 to September 2022, and a director of CNAHC since May 2021. He served as general manager of CNAHC, and concurrently as president and deputy secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company from May 2021 to September 2022. Mr. Ma has served as a non-executive director of Cathay Pacific since June 2021, an executive director of the Company since July 2021 and the Vice Chairman of the Company from July 2021 to September 2022.

He has served as the Chairman and secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of CNAHC, and the Chairman and secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company since September 2022.