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This article is about the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China. For the flag carrier of Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China), see . For the parent company of Air China, see .
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Fleet size
Destinations
Company slogan
Your World, Our Flights (让世界发现你)
:  (H share)
Headquarters
Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone
Key people
Cai Jianjiang (President and CEO)
Song Zhiyong (Chairman)
50,000 (April 2016)
Air China Limited (: 中国国际航空公司; : 中國國際航空公司; literally: "China International Airlines Company", colloquially known as 国航/國航, : , : , : ) is the
and one of the major airlines of the , with its headquarters in , . Air China's flight operations are based at . In 2013, the airline carried 51 million domestic and international passengers with an average
Air China was established and commenced operations on 1 July 1988 as a result of the Chinese government's decision in late 1987 to split the operating divisions of
(CAAC) into six separate airlines: Air China, , , , , and . Air China was given chief responsibility for intercontinental flights and took over the CAAC's long haul aircraft (, , and ) and routes.
In January 2001, the former CAAC's ten airlines agreed on a merger plan, according to which Air China was to acquire . Before the acquisition, Air China was the country's fourth largest domestic airline. The merger created a group with assets of 56 billion Yuan (USD $8.63 billion), and a fleet of 118 aircraft. In October 2002, Air China consolidated with the
On 15 December 2004, Air China was successfully listed on the
and . The airline also listed its shares on the
on 18 August 2006.[]
In 2006, Air China signed an agreement to join the . It became a member of the alliance on 12 December 2007 alongside .
In July 2009, Air China acquired $19.3 million of shares from its troubled subsidiary , lifting its stake in the carrier from 51% to 80.9%. One month later, Air China spent HK$6.3 billion (USD $813 million) to raise its stake in
from 17.5% to 30%, expanding its presence in .
In April 2010, Air China completed the increase of shareholdings in
and became the controlling shareholder of Shenzhen Airlines, allowing Air China to further enhance its position in , , and
as well as achieve a more balanced domestic network.
On 2 December 2010, Air China received Spain's highest tourism industry award, the "Plaque for Tourist Merit". Air China was the first foreign airline to receive the award, which is given to organisations and individuals contributing to the Spanish tourism industry.
On 23 December 2010, Air China became the first Chinese airline to offer combined tickets that include domestic flights and shuttle bus services to nearby cities. The first combined flight-shuttle bus ticket connected
via shuttle bus with domestic flights passing through Beijing.
Air China began offering Wi-Fi internet service on board its aircraft on 15 November 2011, making it the first Chinese carrier to offer this service.
In 2012, after pressure from , Air China stated that it would no longer transport monkeys to laboratories. PETA welcomed the airline’s announcement.
On July 3, 2013 in time for the company's 25th anniversary, Air China successfully tested
in flight. It was the first global satellite Internet flight in .
In early 2015 it was announced that the airline had selected the Boeing 737 Next Generation and 737 MAX for its fleet renewal programme of 60 aircraft. The deal, with a value of over $6B at current list prices, has yet to be finalised.
Air China HQ Building
The entity Air China Limited was registered in 2003, and its shares began trading in
on December 15, 2004. Originally the airline corporate entity was Air China International, which was founded 2002 Air China International incorporated
and the air transportation services of the , becoming a new entity. As of June 2015, it ranks no. 1 of Chinese companies for long term accounts payable.
The Air China HQ Building (S: 国航总部大楼, T: 國航總部大樓, P: Guó Háng Zǒngbù Dàlóu), the corporate headquarters, is located in Zone A of the Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone (S: 天竺空港工业区, T: 天竺空港工業區, P: Tiānzhú Kōng Gǎng Gōngyèqū) in , . The company
is on the ninth floor of the Blue Sky Mansion (S: 蓝天大厦, T: 藍天大廈, P: Lántiān Dàshà), also in Zone A of the Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone.
The enterprise logo of Air China consists of an artistic
pattern, the name of the airline written in calligraphy by former national leader , and "AIR CHINA" in English. The phoenix logo is also the artistic transfiguration of the word "VIP". Air China is a member of .
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  Mainland China
  Air China destinations
Air China's route network extends throughout
to the , , and
from its hubs at
and . It also currently reaches a significant number of Asian, Australian and European destinations from . Some international routes operate from , , , ,
and . It is one of the few world airlines that fly to all six inhabitable continents.
On 10 December 2006, Air China began serving its first
destination,
(via ). This was the airline's longest direct flight.[] The service was initiated with a , but due to increased demand, the service has been upgraded to an .
Regular flights between Mainland China (PRC) and
(ROC) started in July 2009. Due to the , all Air China airframes that operate flights to and from Taiwan are required to cover the
on the fuselage, including a number of Airbus A320s, A330s, A340s, Boeing 777-200s, and Boeing 747-400BDSFs.
Air China introduced its new Airbus A330-300 to long-haul operations beginning with services to ,
in summer 2011. These aircraft provided the same two-class cabin standard as the Airbus A330-200 except that the economy cabin had no seat-back entertainment system installed (with the exception of the first two economy rows which also had increased legroom). Düsseldorf is now the third German destination on the Air China network. The airline launched a new Beijing- service on 15 June 2011, complementing the airline's existing service to Milan from Shanghai.
Deliveries of the carrier's 19 new
commenced in mid-2011, with the aircraft forming the new "backbone of its future longhaul operations". The new Boeing 777-300ERs replaced the
on routes to U.S. destinations such as , , and , but was expected to first enter service on flights to Paris from March 2012. The Boeing 777-300ER began to replace most 747 service once sufficient numbers entered the fleet. Air China expanded its operations in India with a Beijing-Mumbai route begun in September 2011, while the existing Delhi route was upgraded to the A330. The airline also launched service to Mumbai from Chengdu on 2 May 2012. The airline began using the Boeing 777-300ER on one of its two daily Beijing-Los Angeles flights on 1 February 2012. Beginning in late-2012 to early 2013, the airline will replace the Boeing 747-400s currently servicing the New York and San Francisco routes with the Boeing 777-300ER. With the addition of the Boeing 777-300ERs on the US routes, Air China increased frequency on the Beijing-New York route, changing the flights from 7 to 11 flights a week by adding two new flights to the route (CA989/990). On 21 January 2014, the airline launched its service to Hawaii with flights from Beijing to Honolulu, the first nonstop flights between the two cities. The airline also increased the frequency of service on the Beijing-Houston Intercontinental route from four times weekly to daily service from 30 March 2014. Beginning 10 June 2014, Air China introduced new nonstop service from Beijing to , operated by a . As of September 29 2015, Air China also introduced a 3 times weekly flight to
in a codeshare with Air Canada. The Montreal flight was extended to
from 27 December 2015.
Air China started its direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa from 29 October 2015. The flight operates three times weekly.
painted onto the side of a . Air China is the only
with the following airlines:
in Purple Peony special livery
in Purple Gold special livery
in Phoenix special livery
As of February 2017, the Air China passenger and cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Air China Passenger Fleet
In Service
Passengers
Deliveries from 2014
To be phased out and replaced by Boeing 747-8Is
To be phased out.
Deliveries from May 2016
Air China Cargo Fleet
Formerly part of Air China's passenger fleet.
Air China Retired Fleet
Introduced
PhoenixMiles (: 凤凰知音; : feng huang zhī yīn, literally "Phoenix Partner"), is the
of Air China and its
and . This is the first frequent flyer program launched in mainland China. It was designed to reward frequent flyers traveling internationally and domestically with Air China and its partner airlines.
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On 10 August 1993, Air China Flight 973, a
was hijacked after takeoff from Beijing en route to Jakarta. A 30-year-old Chinese man passed a handwritten note to a flight attendant demanding to be flown to . He threatened that his "accomplice" would destroy the aircraft unless he was flown to Taiwan. He was carrying a shampoo bottle containing a mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids, and he threatened to disfigure nearby passengers with the acid unless his demands were followed. The aircraft was flown to , where the hijacker surrendered.
On 10 October 1998, Air China Flight 905, a
flying the Beijing-- route was hijacked by its pilot to
in . The pilot and his wife were apprehended by Taiwanese authorities. The passengers and the crew were unharmed, and the aircraft returned to mainland China later that day. This incident was the last hijacking to Taiwan of a mainland Chinese civilian aircraft.
On 15 April 2002, , a
from Beijing to , , crashed into a hill while trying to land at
during inclement weather, killing 129 of the 166 people on board. This is Air China's first and only fatal accident to date.
On 10 June 2013, Air China Flight 4307 flying from
to . As the 757 was climbing through 2;ft when an unidentified object collided with it. The flight returned to Chengdu for safety reasons, and post-flight examinations revealed that the unknown object caused severe damage to the composite radar dome of the aircraft.
Air China's
faced accusations of racism when they stated "London is generally a safe place to travel, however precautions are needed when entering areas mainly populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people." in their September 2016 issue.
On 8 September 2016, Air China issued an apology. Air China Media, which publishes the Wings of China magazine, said it wished to apologise to "readers and passengers who are feeling uncomfortable". It added: "This inappropriate description... was purely a work mistake by the editors and it's not the magazine's views...We will immediately recall this entire issue of magazines and draw lessons from this incident."
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