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

(Stock Code: 00753) SUSPENSION OF TRADING

At the request of Air China Limited (the "Company"), trading of the H shares of the Company will be suspended with effect from 9:00 a.m. on 30 June 2015 pending the release of an announcement in respect of certain inside information relating to a potential non-public offering of new shares of the Company.

By order of the Board

Air China Limited Rao Xinyu Tam Shuit Mui

Joint Company Secretaries

Beijing, the PRC, 30 June 2015

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. Fan Cheng, Mr. Fu Yang*, Mr. Pan Xiaojiang*, Mr. Simon To Chi Keung* and Mr. Stanley Hui Hon-chung*.

* Independent non-executive Director of the Company

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