Air China
Airline Code: CA
About Air China:
Air China is the People's Republic of China's state owned and second-largest commercial
airline and is based in Beijing. It is the flag carrier and the only airline to
fly the PRC national flag on its entire fleet. Its logo is a phoenix in the form
of the abbreviation VIP. Its main base is Beijing Capital International Airport.
Air China is the only airline company which carries the national flag to fly. Air
China has a strong domestic and international route and sales network. In China,
Air China continually acts as a Beijing hub, and in recent years it has strengthened
several regional hubs such as the Southwest with the center of Chengdu, Eastern
China with the center of Shanghai, Southern China with the center of Guangzhou.
The planes of Air China own a professional and standardizing technical guarantee.
Air China has set-up project technology branches which consist of 6 bases, 3 joint
ventures, 3 centers, 113 aviation stations and more than 8000 engineers and technicians.
It is the 4th largest airline in Asia, 5th largest in the world in terms of Domestic
cargo traffic and 17th largest airline in the world by terms of fleet size.
Air China Major Hubs:
Beijing Capital International Airport Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Shanghai
Pudong International Airport
Mileage Program: Air China Companion or Phoenix Miles
Alliance Network and Partners: Star Alliance
Codeshare Agreements:
Air Macau
Dragonair
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
Lufthansa
United Airlines
Asiana Airlines
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Austrian Airlines
Finnair
Shandong Airlines
Alitalia
Korean Air
Qatar Airways
Cathay Pacific Airways
Turkish Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)
Shanghai Airlines
Qantas
Aircraft Type:
Airbus- A319, A320, A321, A330, A340
Boeing- 737, 747, 757, 767, 777
Fleet Size: 212
No. of Destinations: 185 appx.
Airline was founded in: 1988