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

(Stock Code: 00753) DATE OF BOARD MEETING

This is to announce that a meeting of the board of directors (the "Board") of Air China Limited (the "Company") will be held at the Conference Room One, 29/F, Air China Building, 36 Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 26 March 2015, for the purpose of, among other matters, considering and approving the results of the Company for the financial year ended 31

December 2014.

By order of the Board

Air China Limited Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 16 March 2015

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Ms. Wang Yinxiang, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Fan Cheng, Mr. Fu Yang*, Mr. Yang Yuzhong*, Mr. Pan Xiaojiang* and Mr. Simon To Chi Keung*.

* Independent non-executive director of the Company

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