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

(Stock code: 00670)

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OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR NOVEMBER 2019

This overseas regulatory announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the "Company") and all members of the board of directors confirm that the information contained in this announcement is true, accurate and complete, and no misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions are contained herein.

I. OPERATIONS

In November 2019, the Company's passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) increased by 10.6% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic and international routes increased by 7.81% and 18.32% year-on- year, respectively, and the passenger transportation capacity of its regional routes decreased by 16.4% year-on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 10.82% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic and international routes increased by 9.77% and 16.09% year-on-year, respectively, and the passenger traffic volume of its regional routes decreased by 25.31% year-on-year, mainly attributable to the decrease in passenger demand as affected by the situation in Hong Kong, and the reduction of route capacity in Hong Kong by the Company; and passenger load factor increased by 0.16 percentage points year-on-year to 80.1%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic routes increased by 1.47 percentage points year-on-year, and the passenger load factor of its international and regional routes decreased by 1.46 and 8.93 percentage points year-on-year, respectively.

In relation to freight transportation, the freight transportation business of the Company only consists of bellyhold space freight operated through passenger aircraft, and such business is under contractual operation by a subsidiary of the controlling shareholder of the Company. Freight load volume in November 2019 increased by 11.42% year-on-year.

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In November 2019, the Company launched new domestic routes such as Xi'an - Wuzhou - Sanya and Taiyuan - Yiwu, and new international and regional routes such as Lianyungang - Shizuoka and Nanjing - Macau.

II. FLEET STRUCTURE

As at the end of November 2019, the Company operated a total of 712 aircraft, including 262 self-owned aircraft, 254 aircraft under finance lease and 196 aircraft under operating lease.

As at the end of November 2019, details of the fleet structure of the Company were as follows:

(Units)

Under

Under

finance

operating

No.

Model

Self-owned

lease

lease

Sub-total

Wide-body passenger

  aircraft

39

48

5

92

1

B777 series

10

10

0

20

2

B787 series

3

7

0

10

3

A350 series

1

5

0

6

4

A330 series

25

26

5

56

Narrow-body passenger

  aircraft

223

206

191

620

5

A320 series

136

118

68

322

6

B737 series

87

88

123

298

Total

262

254

196

712

Note: The 15 business aircraft self-owned by and held under trust of the Company were not included in the fleet.

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III. MAJOR OPERATING DATA

Actual

Total

Total actual

Amount

amount

amount

amount

completed

completed

completed

completed

in

in

Year-

in

in

Year-

November

November

on-year

November

November

on-year

2019

2018

increase

2019

2018

increase

Passenger Transportation Data

ASK (available seat-

kilometres) (millions)

22,598.11

20,431.43

10.60%

247,411.73

223,510.63

10.69%

- Domestic routes

14,317.70

13,280.77

7.81%

157,327.10

140,598.00

11.90%

- International routes

7,846.91

6,632.09

18.32%

84,094.26

77,072.98

9.11%

- Regional routes

433.50

518.56

-16.40%

5,990.38

5,839.65

2.58%

RPK (revenue passenger-

kilometres) (millions)

18,101.19

16,333.62

10.82%

203,331.31

184,465.80

10.23%

- Domestic routes

11,809.15

10,758.57

9.77%

131,227.80

118,165.46

11.05%

- International routes

5,967.37

5,140.36

16.09%

67,372.42

61,455.77

9.63%

- Regional routes

324.67

434.69

-25.31%

4,731.08

4,844.57

-2.34%

Number of passengers carried

(thousands)

10,659.82

9,967.65

6.94%

119,619.77

111,171.97

7.60%

- Domestic routes

9,009.45

8,392.47

7.35%

100,062.87

92,912.59

7.70%

- International routes

1,408.39

1,253.62

12.35%

16,082.59

14,720.14

9.26%

- Regional routes

241.99

321.56

-24.75%

3,474.30

3,539.24

-1.83%

Passenger load factor (%)

80.10

79.94

0.16pts

82.18

82.53

-0.35pts

- Domestic routes

82.48

81.01

1.47pts

83.41

84.04

-0.63pts

- International routes

76.05

77.51

-1.46pts

80.12

79.74

0.38pts

- Regional routes

74.90

83.83

-8.93pts

78.98

82.96

-3.98pts

Freight Transportation Data

AFTK (available freight tonne-

kilometres) (millions)

799.77

656.59

21.81%

8,334.35

7,191.08

15.90%

- Domestic routes

280.48

247.06

13.53%

2,929.87

2,490.10

17.66%

- International routes

508.24

395.25

28.59%

5,226.21

4,524.51

15.51%

- Regional routes

11.06

14.28

-22.55%

178.27

176.48

1.02%

RFTK (revenue freight tonne-

kilometres) (millions)

290.33

226.87

27.97%

2,670.42

2,357.59

13.27%

- Domestic routes

89.10

83.46

6.75%

855.90

799.78

7.02%

- International routes

199.16

140.86

41.39%

1,787.74

1,525.44

17.20%

- Regional routes

2.07

2.55

-18.65%

26.78

32.38

-17.31%

Weight of freight carried

(million kg)

93.26

83.70

11.42%

879.70

829.67

6.03%

- Domestic routes

63.76

60.93

4.63%

605.73

582.26

4.03%

- International routes

27.68

20.56

34.64%

251.23

219.58

14.41%

- Regional routes

1.83

2.21

-17.17%

22.74

27.83

-18.27%

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Actual

Total

Total actual

Amount

amount

amount

amount

completed

completed

completed

completed

in

in

Year-

in

in

Year-

November

November

on-year

November

November

on-year

2019

2018

increase

2019

2018

increase

Freight load factor (%)

36.30

34.55

1.75pts

32.04

32.78

-0.74pts

- Domestic routes

31.77

33.78

-2.02pts

29.21

32.12

-2.91pts

- International routes

39.19

35.64

3.55pts

34.21

33.71

0.49pts

- Regional routes

18.74

17.84

0.90pts

15.02

18.35

-3.33pts

Consolidated Data

ATK (available tonne-

kilometres) (millions)

2,833.60

2,495.42

13.55%

30,601.41

27,307.04

12.06%

- Domestic routes

1,569.07

1,442.33

8.79%

17,089.31

15,143.92

12.85%

- International routes

1,214.46

992.14

22.41%

12,794.69

11,461.07

11.64%

- Regional routes

50.08

60.95

-17.84%

717.41

702.05

2.19%

RTK (revenue tonne-

kilometres) (millions)

1,906.13

1,684.77

13.14%

20,577.12

18,615.29

10.54%

- Domestic routes

1,143.55

1,044.00

9.54%

12,422.63

11,224.47

10.67%

- International routes

731.50

599.56

22.01%

7,711.21

6,932.32

11.24%

- Regional routes

31.08

41.22

-24.60%

443.29

458.51

-3.32%

Overall load factor (%)

67.27

67.51

-0.25pts

67.24

68.17

-0.93pts

- Domestic routes

72.88

72.38

0.50pts

72.69

74.12

-1.43pts

- International routes

60.23

60.43

-0.20pts

60.27

60.49

-0.22pts

- Regional routes

62.06

67.62

-5.56pts

61.79

65.31

-3.52pts

Note: Freight transportation data only contained data of bellyhold space in passenger aircraft. The table does not contain data of cargo services.

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IV. RISK ALERT

The board of directors of the Company hereby reminds investors that the operating data set forth above was compiled in accordance with the Company's internal information which has not been audited and may be subject to adjustment. The operating data set forth above may differ from the data disclosed in any regular report for the relevant period. The Company reserves its rights to adjust the operating data based on audit findings and the actual situation. The monthly operating data disclosed by the Company only serves as preliminary and periodical data for investors' reference. Investors are hereby reminded of the investment risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilization of the information above.

The data set forth above is published on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn), the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (www.hkex.com.hk) and the column "Investor Relations" under "About China Eastern Airlines - Get to know China Eastern Airlines" on the website of the Company (www.ceair.com).

By order of the Board

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED

Wang Jian

Company Secretary

Shanghai, the People's Republic of China

16 December 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Li Yangmin (Vice Chairman), Tang Bing (Director), Lin Wanli (Independent non-executive Director), Li Ruoshan (Independent non-executive Director), Ma Weihua (Independent non-executive Director), Shao Ruiqing (Independent non-executive Director), Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director) and Yuan Jun (Employee Representative Director).

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