Air China
Air China,
China National Aviation Holding Company came into being on October
11, 2002. The airline corporation takes old Air China as the
principal part, and combines China National Aviation Company and
China Southwest Airlines.The name and logo of old Air China will be
retained by the new group. The old China Southwest Airlines is
renamed as Air China Southwest Company, and the old China Zhejiang
Airlines is renamed as Air China Zhejiang Company. The new Air
China is still the only airlines that fly China's national flag on
every aircraft and provide special planes for state leaders.It is a
state-owned air transport enterprise, and will be gradually
transformed into "diversified share-holding" limited company or
joint-stock company.
Air China has total assets of RMB 51.74 billion, 23000 employees
and handling capacity of 5.17 billion tons. The fleet includes 42
large aircraft: Boeing 747s, 767s, 777s and Airbus 340. The new
airline carried 18.174 million passengers. It has 322 air routes
(including 56 domestic routes and 266 overseas routes) and more
than 2,472 scheduled flights weekly. It has branch companies in
Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Tianjin and Inner Mongolia. It also
has business offices in more than 29 domestic cities and
representative offices in 48 overseas cities. Its main base is
Beijing Capital International Airport.
Air China has regular flights to following destinations
across the world.
Flight Destinations
To know more
about Air China Airlines and its schedule, please visit their
official website
www.airchina.com