PURCHASE OF AIRCRAFT

Air China Ld
06 March 2006

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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: 753)



                       PURCHASE OF 10 BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT

                            DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION

                    TIME EXTENSION FOR DESPATCH OF CIRCULAR



Reference is made to the Announcement of the Company published in the newspapers
on 13 February 2006 in connection with the Boeing Aircraft Purchase Agreement
and the Transaction contemplated therein, which constitutes a discloseable
transaction for the Company under the Listing Rules. The Company has applied to
the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for an extension of the date for despatch of the
Circular to the shareholders of the Company. The despatch of the Circular will
be delayed from 6 March 2006 to 31 March 2006.



Reference is made to the announcement of the Company published in the newspapers
on 13 February 2006 (the 'Announcement') in connection with the Boeing Aircraft
Purchase Agreement and the Transaction contemplated therein, which constitutes a
discloseable transaction for the Company under the Listing Rules. Unless
otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, all capitalized
terms used herein shall have the same meanings as defined in the Announcement.



Pursuant to the Listing Rules, a circular that must contain the information
required under the Listing Rules in connection with the Transaction (the
'Circular') shall be despatched to the shareholders of the Company within 21
days after publication of the Announcement. The Company has been in discussions
with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange regarding disclosure on the aggregate value of
aircraft basic price to be included in the Announcement and Circular. As the
discussions have not been concluded, the Company has therefore applied to the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange for a waiver from strict compliance with the
requirements under Rule 14.38 of the Listing Rules in relation to the timing for
the despatch of the Circular. The despatch of the Circular will be delayed from
6 March 2006 to 31 March 2006.



By order of the Board

                               Air China Limited

                                                        Zheng Baoan   Li Man Kit
                                                       Joint Company Secretaries



Beijing, 3 March 2006



As at the date of this announcement, the Directors of the Company are Messrs Li
Jiaxiang, Kong Dong, Wang Shixiang, Yao Weiting, Ma Xulun, Cai Jianjiang, Fan
Cheng, Hu Hung Lick, Henry*, Wu Zhipan* and Zhang Ke*.



*  Independent non-executive Director of the Company


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