CORPORATE PROFILE

Air Limited (the ‘‘Company’’) is a joint Corporation (Group) Limited (‘‘CNACG’’) a stock limited company with limited liability controlling interest of approximately 69% in incorporated in the PRC under the laws of the China National Aviation Company Limited PRC on September 30, 2004. The Company has (‘‘CNAC’’), a company listed on the an extensive operating history in China through Stock Exchange that provides passenger and its predecessors and has historically been the cargo air transportation and other -related principal Chinese airline providing international, services through its subsidiaries and affiliates. domestic and regional airline services. Our CNAC in turn owns approximately 43.3% of original predecessor was the Beijing Hong Kong Dragon Limited (‘‘Dragonair’’) Administrative Bureau of Civil Aviation and 51.0% of Air Company Limited (‘‘Air Administration of China which is now known as Macau’’). We have also acquired 48.0% of the the General Administration of Civil Aviation of equity interest of Shandong Aviation Group and China (‘‘CAAC’’), which began providing air 22.8% of the equity interest of Shandong services since 1955. Our immediate Airlines Co., Ltd. whose B Shares are listed on predecessor was established in 1988 as Air Shenzhen Stock Exchange. China International Corporation to assume the operations of the CAAC’s Beijing Administrative Our business scope mainly covers: international Bureau. and domestic scheduled and non-scheduled passenger, cargo, mail and luggage Our parent company, China National Aviation transportation, domestic and international Holding Company (‘‘CNAHC’’), was formed in business jet service, aircraft custody, aircraft October 2002 to hold certain airline and airline- maintenance, agency service between airlines; related assets, including the equity interest of Air other businesses related to above core business China International Corporation. include ground service and aviation courier International Corporation also merged with service (except mail and objects of the same China National Aviation Corporation (‘‘CNAC nature as mail) and in-flight duty free items. We (PRC)’’), which owned Airlines, and provide above airline-related services in Beijing, China Southwest Airlines in October 2002. In , Hong Kong and other locations 2003, China Southwest Airlines and CNAC through our own business units and joint Zhejiang Airlines were dissolved as legal ventures with prominent companies, including entities and their respective airline operations, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (‘‘Lufthansa’’) and Hong assets and liabilities, and employees were Kong Jardine Matheson Ltd. integrated with Air China International Corporation. As of December 31, 2004, the Company, including Co., Ltd. (‘‘Air China We were established by restructuring for the Cargo’’), operated a fleet of 151 aircraft, mainly purpose of initial public offering in 2004. By way including B747, B737, B767, B777, B757, A319, of restructuring, we assumed all the airline and A320, A340 and one business jet (Gulfstream airline-related business operated by Air China IV). International Corporation, together with its related assets and liabilities, including its On December 15, 2004, our Company had its H aircraft and related equipment and the equity Shares, namely overseas listed foreign invested interests in various investees. In addition, we shares, successfully listed in Hong Kong and assumed from China National Aviation London.

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