China Eastern Airlines : Inside Information Overseas Regulatory Announcement Announcement on Operating Data for January 2020

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

(Stock code: 00670)

INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPERATING DATA FOR JANUARY 2020

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 January 2020, the Company's passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) increased by 5.80% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic and international routes increased by 1.91% and 14.90% year-on- year, respectively, and the passenger transportation capacity of its regional routes decreased by 16.95% year-on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger- kilometres) decreased by 1.28% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its international routes increased by 7.60% year-on-year, and the passenger traffic volume of its domestic and regional routes decreased by 4.91% and 29.89% year-on-year, respectively; and passenger load factor decreased by 5.41 percentage points year-on-year to 75.38%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by 5.37, 5.20 and 12.75 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 January 2020 decreased by 5.39% year-on-year.

In January 2020, the Company launched new international routes such as Qingdao - Tokyo, Wuhan - Tokyo and Yantai - Tokyo.

As affected by the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, in response to the change of market demand and operating environment, the Company suspended or adjusted the operation of certain routes and flights.

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II. FLEET STRUCTURE

As at the end of January 2020, the Company operated a total of 724 aircraft, including 262 self- owned aircraft, 262 aircraft under finance lease and 200 aircraft under operating lease.

As at the end of January 2020, 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	49	5	93
1	B777 series	10	10	0	20
2	B787 series	3	7	0	10
3	A350 series	1	6	0	7
4	A330 series	25	26	5	56
	Narrow-body passenger
	aircraft	223	213	195	631
5	A320 series	136	125	68	329
6	B737 series	87	88	127	302
Total		262	262	200	724

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-
		January	January	on-year	January	January	on-year
		2020	2019	increase	2020	2019	increase
Passenger Transportation Data
ASK (available seat-		22,751.43	5.80%	24,071.78	22,751.43	5.80%
	kilometres) (millions)	24,071.78
	- Domestic routes	14,852.37	14,573.62	1.91%	14,852.37	14,573.62	1.91%
	- International routes	8,758.34	7,622.61	14.90%	8,758.34	7,622.61	14.90%
	- Regional routes	461.07	555.20	-16.95%	461.07	555.20	-16.95%
RPK (revenue passenger-		18,381.37	-1.28%	18,145.60	18,381.37	-1.28%
	kilometres) (millions)	18,145.60
	- Domestic routes	11,114.33	11,688.32	-4.91%	11,114.33	11,688.32	-4.91%
	- International routes	6,712.54	6,238.45	7.60%	6,712.54	6,238.45	7.60%
	- Regional routes	318.73	454.59	-29.89%	318.73	454.59	-29.89%
Number of passengers carried		10,697.98	-5.41%	10,118.71	10,697.98	-5.41%
	(thousands)	10,118.71
	- Domestic routes	8,300.57	8,873.57	-6.46%	8,300.57	8,873.57	-6.46%
	- International routes	1,577.67	1,488.62	5.98%	1,577.67	1,488.62	5.98%
	- Regional routes	240.47	335.79	-28.39%	240.47	335.79	-28.39%
Passenger load factor (%)	75.38	80.79	-5.41pts	75.38	80.79	-5.41pts
	- Domestic routes	74.83	80.20	-5.37pts	74.83	80.20	-5.37pts
	- International routes	76.64	81.84	-5.20pts	76.64	81.84	-5.20pts
	- Regional routes	69.13	81.88	-12.75pts	69.13	81.88	-12.75pts
Freight Transportation Data
AFTK (available freight tonne-		769.00	9.74%	843.93	769.00	9.74%
	kilometres) (millions)	843.93
	- Domestic routes	288.43	290.90	-0.85%	288.43	290.90	-0.85%
	- International routes	541.80	460.58	17.63%	541.80	460.58	17.63%
	- Regional routes	13.69	17.51	-21.79%	13.69	17.51	-21.79%
RFTK (revenue freight tonne-		233.35	4.74%	244.41	233.35	4.74%
	kilometres) (millions)	244.41
	- Domestic routes	81.95	92.34	-11.25%	81.95	92.34	-11.25%
	- International routes	160.59	138.44	16.00%	160.59	138.44	16.00%
	- Regional routes	1.87	2.57	-27.09%	1.87	2.57	-27.09%
Weight of freight carried		87.14	-5.39%	82.44	87.14	-5.39%
	(million kg)	82.44
	- Domestic routes	58.28	64.78	-10.03%	58.28	64.78	-10.03%
	- International routes	22.47	20.12	11.66%	22.47	20.12	11.66%
	- Regional routes	1.69	2.24	-24.42%	1.69	2.24	-24.42%

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			Actual		Total	Total actual
		Amount	amount		amount	amount
		completed	completed		completed	completed
		in	in	Year-	in	in	Year-
		January	January	on-year	January	January	on-year
		2020	2019	increase	2020	2019	increase
Freight load factor (%)	28.96	30.34	-1.38pts	28.96	30.34	-1.38pts
	- Domestic routes	28.41	31.74	-3.33pts	28.41	31.74	-3.33pts
	- International routes	29.64	30.06	-0.42pts	29.64	30.06	-0.42pts
	- Regional routes	13.68	14.68	-0.99pts	13.68	14.68	-0.99pts
Consolidated Data
ATK (available tonne-		2,816.62	6.88%	3,010.39	2,816.62	6.88%
	kilometres) (millions)	3,010.39
	- Domestic routes	1,625.14	1,602.53	1.41%	1,625.14	1,602.53	1.41%
	- International routes	1,330.06	1,146.62	16.00%	1,330.06	1,146.62	16.00%
	- Regional routes	55.19	67.48	-18.21%	55.19	67.48	-18.21%
RTK (revenue tonne-		1,845.19	-1.05%	1,825.77	1,845.19	-1.05%
	kilometres) (millions)	1,825.77
	- Domestic routes	1,051.59	1,118.90	-6.02%	1,051.59	1,118.90	-6.02%
	- International routes	744.42	684.00	8.83%	744.42	684.00	8.83%
	- Regional routes	29.76	42.28	-29.61%	29.76	42.28	-29.61%
Overall load factor (%)	60.65	65.51	-4.86pts	60.65	65.51	-4.86pts
	- Domestic routes	64.71	69.82	-5.11pts	64.71	69.82	-5.11pts
	- International routes	55.97	59.65	-3.69pts	55.97	59.65	-3.69pts
	- Regional routes	53.93	62.66	-8.74pts	53.93	62.66	-8.74pts

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

14 February 2020

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

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