Air China
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- Founded
- 1 July 1988
- Callsign
- AIR CHINAChinese airlines use Mandarin Chinese callsigns when in Chinese airspace. Air China's Mandarin callsign is 国航; pinyin: guóháng, lit. "national airline".
- Headquarters
- Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi District, Beijing, China
- Hubs and bases
- Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu
What they fly
- Boeing 737-800 98
- Airbus A321-200 61
- Airbus A320neo 53
- Airbus A321neo 46
- Airbus A320-200 38
- — 36
- Comac C909 35
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 31
- Airbus A350-900 30
- Airbus A330-300 28
- Boeing 777-300ER 28
- Airbus A319-100 19
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About the airline
Air China, officially Air China Limited, (中国国际航空公司, Zhōngguó guójì hángkōng gōngsī) is the flag carrier airline of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered in Shunyi, Beijing. The airline offers both domestic and international flights to different destinations around China and the world. The airline was established in 1988 after the former Chinese flag carrier CAAC was split into six airlines, one of them being Air China; it later merged with several of the successor airlines. It is 53.46% owned by the state-owned China National Aviation Holding. Air China is one of the three major airlines in the country, along with China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. Air China's hub airports are in Beijing and Chengdu. In 2017, the airline carried 102 million domestic and international passengers with an average load factor of 81%. The airline joined Star Alliance in 2007.
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