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This article is about the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China. For the flag carrier of Taiwan (Republic of China), see China Airlines. For the parent company of Air China, see China National Aviation Holding.

Air China
中国国际航空公司
File:Air China Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Call sign
CA CCA AIR CHINA
Founded1988; 36 years ago
Commenced operations1 July 1988
Hubs
Secondary hubsShanghai-Pudong
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programPhoenixMiles
AllianceStar Alliance
Subsidiaries
Fleet size420
Destinations201
Parent companyAir China Group (53.46%)
Traded as
HeadquartersBeijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone
Shunyi District, Beijing, China
Key people
  • Cai Jianjiang (President and CEO)
  • Song Zhiyong (Chairman)
Employees50,000 (April 2016)
Websitewww.airchina.com
Air China Limited
Simplified Chinese中国国际航空股份有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國國際航空股份有限公司
Literal meaningChina International Airlines, Company Limited by Shares
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó guójì hángkōng gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中国国际航空公司
Traditional Chinese中國國際航空公司
Literal meaningChina International Airlines Company
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó guójì hángkōng gōngsī
Air China
Simplified Chinese国航
Traditional Chinese國航
Literal meaningNational Airline
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuóháng

Air China Limited is the flag carrier[2] and one of the major airlines of the People's Republic of China, with its headquarters in Shunyi District, Beijing. Air China's flight operations are based at Beijing Capital International Airport. In 2017, the airline carried 102 million domestic and international passengers with an average load factor of 81%.[3]

History

Air China Boeing 747SP at Zürich Airport (1992)

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 Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC Airlines) into six separate airlines: Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, China Northern, China Southwest, and China Northwest.[4] Air China was given chief responsibility for intercontinental flights and took over the CAAC's long haul aircraft (Boeing 747s, 767s, and 707s) and routes.

In January 2001, the former CAAC's ten airlines agreed on a merger plan,[5] according to which Air China was to acquire China Southwest Airlines. Before this 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.[6] In October 2002, Air China consolidated with the China National Aviation Holding and China Southwest Airlines.[7]

On 15 December 2004, Air China was successfully listed on the Hong Kong and London Stock Exchanges. In 2006, Air China signed an agreement to join the Star Alliance. It became a member of the alliance on 12 December 2007 alongside Shanghai Airlines.

In July 2009, Air China acquired $19.3 million of shares from its troubled subsidiary Air Macau, lifting its stake in the carrier from 51% to 80.9%.[8] One month later, Air China spent HK$6.3 billion (USD $813 million) to raise its stake in Cathay Pacific from 17.5% to 30%, expanding its presence in Hong Kong.[9]

In April 2010, Air China completed the increase of shareholdings in Shenzhen Airlines and became the controlling shareholder of Shenzhen Airlines, allowing Air China to further enhance its position in Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai as well as achieve a more balanced domestic network.[10]

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.[11]

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 Tianjin via shuttle bus with domestic flights passing through Beijing.[12]

Air China began offering free Wi-Fi internet service on board its aircraft on 15 November 2011, making it the first Chinese carrier to offer this service.[13] However the service is not allowed on smartphones, only tablets and laptops.[14]

In 2012, after pressure from PETA, Air China stated that it would no longer transport monkeys to laboratories. PETA welcomed the airline's announcement.[15]

On July 3, 2013 in time for the company's 25th anniversary, Air China successfully tested Wireless LAN in flight. It was the first global satellite Internet flight in Mainland China.[16]

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 $6 billion at current list prices, has yet to be finalised.[17]

Corporate affairs

Air China HQ Building

The entity Air China Limited was registered in 2003, and its shares began trading in Hong Kong and London on December 15, 2004. Originally the airline corporate entity was Air China International, which was founded 2002 Air China International incorporated China Southwest Airlines and the air transportation services of the China National Aviation Corporation, becoming a new entity.[18]

The Air China HQ Building (simplified Chinese: 国航总部大楼; traditional Chinese: 國航總部大樓; pinyin: Guó Háng Zǒngbù Dàlóu), the corporate headquarters, is located in Zone A of the Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone (simplified Chinese: 天竺空港工业区; traditional Chinese: 天竺空港工業區; pinyin: Tiānzhú Kōng Gǎng Gōngyèqū) in Shunyi District, Beijing.[18][19][20] The company registered office is on the ninth floor of the Blue Sky Mansion (simplified Chinese: 蓝天大厦; traditional Chinese: 藍天大廈; pinyin: Lántiān Dàshà), also in Zone A of the Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone.[21]

The enterprise logo of Air China consists of an artistic phoenix pattern, the name of the airline written in calligraphy by former national leader Deng Xiaoping, and "AIR CHINA" in English. The phoenix logo is also the artistic transfiguration of the word "VIP". Air China is a member of Star Alliance.

Air China is primarily based in its hub of Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA:PEK), where it operates numerous long range aircraft on routes to North America, Europe, South America, Africa and Australia. Its fleet is made up of an assortment of Boeing and Airbus aircraft, including: Boeing 737s, 777s, 747s, 787s along with Airbus A319s, A320s, A321s and A330s. Air China also operates a second hub in Chengdu International Airport, where it primarily flies domestic routes, as well as Shanghai Pudong International Airport, where many international routes served.

Destinations

Main article: List of Air China destinations
  Mainland China
  Destinations
  Seasonal
  Future
  Terminated

Air China's route network extends throughout Asia to the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America from its hubs at Beijing Capital International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.[22] It also currently reaches a significant number of Asian, Australian and European destinations from Shanghai. Some international routes operate from Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Kunming and Xiamen. It is one of the few world airlines that fly to all six habitable continents.

On 10 December 2006, Air China began serving its first South American destination, São Paulo-Guarulhos (via Madrid-Barajas). This was the airline's longest direct flight.[23] The service was initiated with a Boeing 767-300ER, but due to increased demand, the service has been upgraded to an Airbus A330-200, and later a Boeing 787-9.

Regular flights between Mainland China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC) started in July 2009. Due to the political status of Taiwan, all Air China airframes that operate flights to and from Taiwan are required to cover the flag of the People's Republic of China 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 Düsseldorf, Germany 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-Milan-Malpensa service on 15 June 2011, complementing the airline's existing service to Milan from Shanghai.

Deliveries of the carrier's 19 new Boeing 777-300ERs commenced in mid-2011, with the aircraft forming the new "backbone of its future longhaul operations." The new Boeing 777-300ERs replaced the Boeing 747-400s on routes to U.S. destinations such as Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, 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.[24] 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.[25] The airline also launched service to Mumbai from Chengdu on 2 May 2012.[26] The airline began using the Boeing 777-300ER on one of its two daily Beijing-Los Angeles flights on 1 February 2012.[27] 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.[28] 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).[29] 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.[30] 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.[31] Beginning 10 June 2014, Air China introduced new nonstop service from Beijing to Washington-Dulles, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER.[32] As of September 29 2015, Air China also introduced a 3 times weekly flight to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in a codeshare with Air Canada.[33] The Montreal flight was extended to Havana from 27 December 2015.

Air China started its direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa from 29 October 2015.[34]

Codeshare agreements

Air China codeshares with the following airlines:[35]

Fleet

Current

As of September 2019, the Air China fleet consists of the following aircraft:[36][37][38]

Boeing 747-8I
Boeing 787-9
Boeing 777-300ER
Airbus A350-900
Airbus A330-300
Air China Passenger Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F B E+ E Total
Airbus A319-100 33 — — 8 — 120 128
Airbus A319neo — 8[39] TBA
Airbus A320-200 44 11 — 8 — 150 158 Deliveries from 2014[40]
One in Spledid Hubei livery
Airbus A320neo 16 17[41]
Airbus A321-200 61 — — 12 — 173 185 One in Star Alliance livery
Two in Beautiful Sichuan livery
16 161 177
Airbus A321neo 5 7 — 12 — 182 194 Delivery started from September 2018.[39][42]
Airbus A330-200 30 — — 12 — 272 284 Four in Star Alliance livery
30 207 237
Airbus A330-300 28 6[43] — 30 16 255 301 One with 50th Airbus A330 for Air China sticker.
One aircraft written off due to cargo fire.
36 20 311
Airbus A350-900 10 20[44] — 32 24 256 312[45] Deliveries started in August 2018.
One in Expo 2019 Beijing Livery
Boeing 737-700 18 — — 8 — 120 128 Two in Peony livery
Boeing 737-800 107 50 — 8 — 159 167 Two in Expo 2019 Beijing livery
Three in Peony livery
One in Phoenix/50th Boeing 737-800 for Air China livery
12 147 159
Boeing 737 MAX 8 16 29[46] — 8 — 168 176 Deliveries began in 2017.
Currently all fleets are grounded
Boeing 747-400 3 — 10 42 — 292 344 B-2472 used as a VIP transport
Boeing 747-8I 7 — 12 54 66 233 365[47] B-2479 for VIP transport
Boeing 777-300ER 28 — 8 42 — 261 311 B-2006 in Love China livery
B-2032 in Star Alliance 15 Years Livery
B-2035 in Smiling China livery
B-2047 in 50 Years of Chinese-French Diplomatic Relations livery
— 36 356 392[48]
Boeing 787-9 14 1 — 30 34 229 293[49]
Comac ARJ21-700 — 35[50] TBA Deliveries from 2020 to 2024
Comac C919 — 20 TBA
Total 429 204

Retired

Air China Retired Fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A340-300 6 1997 2014
Boeing 707-300 6 1988 1993
Boeing 737-200 4 1988 1995
Boeing 737-300 44 1988 2014
Boeing 737-600 6 2003 2009
Boeing 747-200M 3 1988 2000 Converted into freighters and transferred to Air China Cargo
Boeing 747-400M 4 1989 2013
3 Converted into freighters and transferred to Air China Cargo
Boeing 747SP 4 1988 2000
Boeing 757-200 9 2003 2010
4 Converted into freighters and transferred to Air China Cargo
Boeing 767-200ER 6 1988 2009 One crashed as Flight 129.
Boeing 767-300 4 1993 2012
Boeing 767-300ER 5 2003 2012
Boeing 777-200 10 1998 2018
British Aerospace 146 4 1988 2008
Hawker Siddeley Trident 3 1988 1991
Xian Y-7 3 1988 1996

PhoenixMiles

PhoenixMiles (Chinese: 凤凰知音; pinyin: feng huang zhī yīn, literally "Phoenix Partner"), is the frequent flyer program of Air China and its subsidiary Shenzhen Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Tibet Airlines and Dalian Airlines. 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.[51]

Air China Cargo

Main article: Air China Cargo

Air China Cargo, is a subsidiary of Air China, that focuses on freight delivery and does not transport passengers. It operates routes across Asia, Europe and North America with its fleet of Boeing 747-400Fs, Boeing 757-200PCF and Boeing 777F.

Cabin services

First Class

First Class on a Boeing 747-400

First class is offered on all Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747-8 and Boeing 777-300ER, and was offered on all Airbus A340-300 and all Boeing 747-400M. First Class on the 747-400 has 80in seat pitch, swiveling seat power, and fully flat bed recline. First Class on the 747-400 is one of two classes that sports AVOD screens It is named Forbidden Pavilion due to its place in the cabin. First Class on the 777-300ER and 747-8 is Air China's latest product, containing sliding doors, 1.98m long convertible beds, and featuring 23in AVODs at every seat. The first class on the A340 also had a 180 recline but had a smaller screen. The first class on the 747-400M was the same as the full passenger -400 variant but was instead located inside the nose on the main deck instead of between the number 1 and 2 doors seen on full passenger 747-400s. On some narrow-body aircraft and Boeing 767s, Business Class would be considered First Class.

Business Class

Business Class on a Boeing 747-400

Business class is offered on all Air China aircraft, and was offered on all of Air China's former aircraft.

Narrow-body aircraft

Business Class on narrow-body aircraft were normally in a 2-2 configuration at the front of the aircraft, in two rows.

Boeing 747-400

On the Boeing 747-400, Business Class was located in the nose of the aircraft, with a painted collage of the Summer Palace, which symbolizes good luck in China. The seats had partial recline, with a touch-screen function and remote function IFE screen on the back of seats and also located in the armrests. It was located in a 2-2-2 configuration at the back, with 2-2 rows continuing to the front. Business class was also located on the upper deck, again in a 2-2 configuration. The now retired Boeing 747-400M aircraft only has business class located on the upper deck while First class and Economy were on the main deck.

Boeing 777

On the 200- variant of the Boeing 777, Business Class would be located at the front of the cabin in a 2-2-2 configuration. The seats were grey with full recline and IFE screens were not on the back of the seats, but in the armrest. The 300- variant had the same configuration and cabin location, but the IFE screens were on seat backs.

Boeing 787

The Business Class on the Boeing 787 would be located at the front of the cabin in a 2-2-2 configuration. The seats were dark blue and cocoon shaped with seatback IFE screens.

Airbus A330

The Business Class on the Airbus A330 would be located in a small area at the front of the cabin, close to the exit. On newer A330s, Business Class would have light blue rectangle-like seats, with two reading lights located between seats in a 2-2-2 configuration and seatback screens would be provided. On older A330s, the screens would be smaller and there would be no storage space between screens.

Airbus A340

Business Class on the Airbus A340 would be very similar to what is offered on the Boeing 747-400, except that there is a 2-2-2 configuration.

Airbus A350

This service is Air China's latest product, released in August 2018 with the delivery of the first Airbus A350. The seats feature a reverse herringbone type arrangement at the front of the cabin in 8 1-2-1 configurated rows. The seats would be full flat reclinable, along with a shoulder belt for safety. There are no mid-overhead bins, allowing the cabin to look and feel bigger. There would also be aisle access to all seats, and all have 18-inch HD screens.

Premium Economy Class

Premium economy is offered on all of Air China's Airbus A330-300, Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 747-8. The premium economy class on the A350-900 is the newest product, with extra recline and bigger screens in a 2-4-2 configuration.

Economy Class

Economy class is offered on all Air China aircraft, and was offered on all of Air China's former aircraft. Economy on some Boeing 747-400, some Boeing 767 and some Boeing 747-400M had square-like seats, with no personal IFE. There is an ashtray in the armrest, even though there are no more smoking flights in China.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 16 December 1989, CAAC Flight 981 (operated by Air China), a Boeing 747-200BM (B-2448), was hijacked while flying the Beijing-Shanghai-San Francisco-New York City route. The hijacker's intended destination was Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, but after South Korean authorities refused permission to land, the aircraft landed in Fukuoka Airport in Fukuoka, Japan. The hijacker was injured after being pushed out of the aircraft and was apprehended by Japanese authorities. The rest of the passengers and the crew were unharmed, and the aircraft returned to Beijing later that day.[52]
  • On 10 August 1993, Air China Flight 973, a Boeing 767 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 Taiwan. 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 Taipei International Airport, where the hijacker surrendered.[53]
  • On 10 October 1998, Air China Flight 905, a Boeing 737-300 flying the Beijing-Kunming-Yangon route was hijacked by its pilot to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan. 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, Air China Flight 129, a Boeing 767-200ER from Beijing to Busan, South Korea, crashed into a hill while trying to land at Gimhae International Airport during inclement weather, killing 129 of the 166 people on board.[54][55] This is Air China's only fatal accident to date.
  • On 27 August 2019, Air China Flight 183, a Airbus A330-343X from Beijing to Tokyo, Japan, was damaged beyond repair due to a cargo fire while on the ground at Beijing just shortly before departure. No one was injured.[56]

Controversy

Air China's inflight magazine Wings of China 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.[57]

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." [58]

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