RESIGNATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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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)

RESIGNATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The board of directors (the "Board") of Air China Limited (the "Company") announces that the Board received a resignation letter from Mr. Fan Cheng on 14 April 2016 in respect of his resignation from his position as an executive director and the vice president of the Company due to his retirement with effect from the same date.

Mr. Fan has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and that he is not aware of any matter relating to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

The Board wishes to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. Fan for his contribution to the Company during his tenure of office.

By order of the Board

Air China Limited

Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 14 April 2016

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

* Independent non-executive Director of the Company