The board of directors (the “Board”) of Air China Limited (the “Company”) announces that Ms. Wang Yinxiang has tendered her resignation from her position as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 6 June 2016 due to change of job assignment. Ms. Wang also ceased to serve as the Vice Chairman of the Board and a member of the nomination and remuneration committee of the Board, respectively.

Ms. Wang has confirmed that she has no disagreement with the Board and that she is not aware of any matter relating to her resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholders”).

The Board wishes to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to Ms. Wang for her contribution to the Company during her tenure.

APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
The Board is pleased to announce that Mr. Song Zhiyong, an executive director of the Company, has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Board with effect from 6 June 2016.

Mr. Song Zhiyong, aged 51, is the President and an executive director of the Company. Mr. Song is a first class pilot. He graduated from the Second Flying Academy of China Air Force with a bachelor’s degree in aviation. Mr. Song started his career in China’s civil aviation industry in 1987 and was previously a pilot, Deputy Team Captain, Flight Director, and Deputy Group Captain of the Third Group of the Chief Flight Team, Deputy Captain of the Chief Flight Team and Director of the Training Department of Air China International Corporation. He served as Captain of the Chief Flight Team and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company from November

2002 to June 2008. Mr. Song held the post of Assistant to President from September 2004 to October 2006. He was the Vice President, a Member of the Communist Party Committee, and a Member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party Committee of the Company from October 2006 to December 2010. Mr. Song served as the Deputy General Manager of China National Aviation Holding Company (“CNAHC”) from December 2010 to April 2014. He has been a Member of the Communist Party Committee of CNAHC since December 2010. Mr. Song has been serving as President and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company to handle the comprehensive work of the Company since January 2014 as well as an executive director of the Company since May 2014 and the Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of CNAHC since February 2016. Since March 2014, Mr. Song has also been serving as a non-executive director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, stock code: 00293), a substantial Shareholder of the Company, a director and the chairman of the board of directors in Shenzhen Airlines Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, and a director and the chairman of the board of directors in Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Song does not hold any directorship in other public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years, nor does Mr. Song hold any other position with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or have other major appointments and professional qualifications.

Save as disclosed above, Mr. Song does not have any relationship with any other director or senior management of the Company, or any substantial Shareholder or controlling Shareholder. Mr. Song has no interests in the shares of the Company which are required to be disclosed pursuant to Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Mr. Song and the Company had entered into a director’s service contract with a term commencing from 22 May 2014 and ending on the expiry of the term of the current session of the Board. Mr. Song will not receive any remuneration from the Company during their tenure as a director of the Company. The emoluments to be received by Mr. Song from the Company during his tenure as the President and any other positions of the Company are determined with reference to his relevant experience, responsibilities and duties in the Company and the prevailing market benchmarks. Please refer to the annual reports of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2015, respectively, for the details of emoluments received by Mr. Song from the Company.

Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters relating to the above appointment that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders and there is no other information that should be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Beijing, the PRC, 6 June 2016

By order of the Board

Air China Limited Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui
Joint Company Secretaries

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Cai Jianjiang, Mr. Song Zhiyong, Mr. Cao Jianxiong, Mr. Feng Gang, Mr. John Robert Slosar, Mr. Ian Sai Cheung Shiu, Mr. Pan Xiaojiang*, Mr. Simon To Chi Keung*, Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung* and Mr. Li Dajin*.

• Independent non-executive Director of the Company