TRADING HALT

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TRADING HALT

At the request of Air China Limited (the "Company"), trading in the H shares of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has been halted with effect from 9:00 a.m. on 9 June 2020, pending the release of an announcement in relation to an inside information of the Company.

By Order of the Board

Air China Limited

Zhou Feng Huen Ho Yin

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 9 June 2020

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. Patrick Healy, Mr. Xue Yasong, Mr. Wang Xiaokang*, Mr. Duan Hongyi*, Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.

* Independent non-executive director of the Company