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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OPERATING DATA FOR MAY 2022

In May 2022, as the pandemic was raging at a relatively high level globally, the domestic situation of pandemic remained relatively grim and complicated. The Company’s passenger transportation capacity (measured by available seat-kilometres) decreased by 78.08% year- on-year, among which, the passenger transportation capacity of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by 78.92%, 35.58% and 98.63% year-on-year, respectively; passenger traffic volume (measured by revenue passenger-kilometres) decreased by 82.36% year-on-year, among which, the passenger traffic volume of its domestic, international and regional routes decreased by 82.94%, 27.82% and 99.47% year-on-year, respectively; and passenger load factor decreased by 14.77 percentage points year-on-year to 60.79%, among which, the passenger load factor of its domestic and regional routes decreased by 14.57 and 37.50 percentage points year- on-year, respectively, while the passenger load factor of its international routes increased by 4.91 percentage points year-on-year.

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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 May 2022, freight traffic volume (measured by revenue freight tonne-kilometres) decreased by 49.94% year-on-year.

In May 2022, the Company launched a new route, i.e. Nanchang — Zunyi.

In May 2022, the Company retired one A320 aircraft. As of the end of May 2022, the Company operated a total of 750 aircraft, including 264 self-owned aircraft, 271 aircraft under finance lease and 215 aircraft under operating lease.

Details of the fleet structure were as follows:

(Units)

Note: The five 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 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).

By order of the Board

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED

Wang Jian

Company Secretary

Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China

15 June 2022

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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