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AIR CHINA LIMITED

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

(Stock Code: 00753)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ENTRY INTO EFFECT OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF AIR CHINA LIMITED (2017 AMENDMENT)

References are made to the extraordinary general meeting circular dated 9 February 2017 and the announcement on the poll results of extraordinary general meeting dated 30 March 2017 of Air China Limited (the "Company") in relation to the proposed amendment to Article 12 of the Company's articles of association (the "Articles of Association") . References are also made to the announcement on the poll results of the extraordinary general meeting, the H shareholders' class meeting and the A shareholders' class meeting of the Company dated 23 January 2017, and the announcement of the Company dated 13 March 2017 in relation to the proposed amendments to Article 20 and Article 23 of the Articles of Association.

The proposed amendment to Article 12 of the Articles of Association were considered and approved by the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on 30 March 2017. At the extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on 23 January 2017, the Shareholders considered and approved the extension of the validity period of the authorisation granted to the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") and the Board's authorised person (s) to handle all relevant matters relating to the non-public A share issue of the Company (the "Non-public A Share Issue") . As the Non-public A Share Issue was completed on 10 March 2017, the chairman of the Board has decided to amend Article 20 and Article 23 of the Articles of Association to reflect the completion of the Non-public A Share Issue.

The amended Articles of Association containing the afore-mentioned amendments has been submitted to the relevant PRC authorities for approval and filing. Recently, the relevant authorities have confirmed that the amendments to the Articles of Association are not subject to approval of or filing with them. The amended Articles of Association has come into effect from the date of receipt of the confirmation from the relevant authorities.

Full text of the amended Articles of Association is available on the websites of the Company (wwww.airchina.com.cn) and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) .

By Order of the Board

Air China Limited

Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 19 April 2017

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