CEA China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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Certain statements contained in this announcement may be regarded as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this announcement represent the Company’s views as of the date of this announcement. While the Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s views to change, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, unless required by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this announcement.

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

(Stock code: 00670)

INSIDE INFORMATION

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT ON

OPERATING DATA FOR FEBRUARY 2022

This overseas regulatory announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09 and Rule 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”) and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined under the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (the “Company”) and all members of the board of directors confirm that the information contained in this announcement is true, accurate and complete, and no misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions are contained herein.

In February 2022, though the additional confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease worldwide decreased as compared with January, currently Omicron variant had become a major epidemic strain across the world, where there was a rapid growth in additional cases in some peripheral countries and regions, causing increasing pressure on the policy of “prevention against imported cases” in our country. The 2022 Spring Festival travel rush was generally characterized by the “low total number of passenger traffic flow and passengers were mainly migrant workers and homeland visitors”. The number of passengers of Spring Festival travel rush who were traveling by air did not resume to the pre-epidemic level albeit its substantial growth as compared to 2021. The Company organized the works of prevention and control on epidemic, protection for transportation during the Beijing Winter Olympics and Spring Festival travel rush, so as to ensure strict defence for prevention and control on epidemic, while placing emphasis on the demands for passenger transportation covering the popular regions and routes, focusing on the market of homeland visitors, strengthening the input of transportation capacity for peak dates, and enhancing the service and protection on passenger transportation.

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The Company’s passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) increased by 42.45% year-on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic and regional routes increased by 45.01% and 184.86% year-on-year, respectively, while the passenger transportation capacity of its international routes decreased by 40.73% year- on-year; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) increased by 48.45% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic and regional routes increased by 48.90% and 286.70% year-on-year, respectively, while the passenger traffic volume of its international routes decreased by 10.47% year-on-year; and passenger load factor increased by 2.59 percentage points year-on-year to 64.14%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic, international and regional routes increased by 1.69, 16.10 and 15.77 percentage points year-on-year, respectively.

In relation to freight transportation, the freight transportation business of the Company includes passenger aircraft cargo business under conventional circumstances (mainly passenger aircraft bellyhold space business) and passenger aircraft cargo business under unconventional circumstances (mainly “Passenger-to-Cargo Conversion” business), and such business is under exclusive operation by China Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd. In February 2022, freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight tonne-kilometres) increased by 1.66% year-on-year.

In February 2022, no new route was launched by the Company.

Note: The six business aircraft of the Company were not included in the above fleet structure.

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The board of directors of the Company hereby reminds investors that the operating data set forth above was compiled in accordance with the Company’s internal information which has not been audited and may be subject to adjustment. The operating data set forth above may differ from the data disclosed in any regular report for the relevant period. The Company reserves its rights to adjust the operating data based on audit findings and the actual situation. The monthly operating data disclosed by the Company only serves as preliminary and periodical data for investors’ reference. Investors are hereby reminded of the investment risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilisation of the information above.

The COVID-19 pandemic still has a significant impact on the air transportation business of the Company, while the time span and severity of which has great uncertainty. Investors are reminded of the risks thereof.

The data set forth above is published on the website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn), the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (www.hkex.com.hk) and the column “Investor Relations” on the website of the Company (www.ceair.com).

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company include Liu Shaoyong (Chairman), Li Yangmin (Vice Chairman, President), Tang Bing (Director), Lin Wanli (Director), Cai Hongping (Independent non-executive Director), Dong Xuebo (Independent non-executive Director), Sun Zheng (Independent non-executive Director), Lu Xiongwen (Independent non-executive Director) and Jiang Jiang (Employee Representative Director).

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