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Air China
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
CA
CCA
999
 Air China
Air China Airbus A330-200
Air China
Capital International Airport
Beijing 100621
CHINA

Tel.: +86 10 8449 2549
Fax: +86 10 8449 2550
SITA:
Email: zhangxna@airchina.com.cn
Website: www.airchina.com.cn

Type: Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, pax, cargo
Owner: Cathay Pacific (51.74%); HKSCC nominees (42.76%); China national Aviation (4.91%)
Shareholdings: Air China Cargo (100%); Shenzhen Airlines (51%); Shandong Airlines (22.8%)
Employees: 23,506
Base: Beijing (PEK)
Hubs: -
Start of ops: July 1988
Alliances: Air Canada, Air macau, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airways, Austrian, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Egyptair, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, Finnair, Kuwait Airways, Lufthansa, S7 Airlines, SAS, Shandong Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, TAM, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, United, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic
Air China operates this equipment: Executives:
  • 33 x Airbus A319-100
  • 14 x Airbus A320-200 (27 on order)
  • 27 x Airbus A321-200 (12 on order)
  • 20 x Airbus A330-200 (10 on order)
  • 5 x Airbus A330-300 (8 on order)
  • 6 x Airbus A340-300
  • Airbus A350-900 (10 on order)
  • 29 x Boeing 737-300
  • 20 x Boeing 737-700
  • 76 x Boeing 737-800 (49 on order)
  • 9 x Boeing 747-400
  • 10 x Boeing 757-200
  • 5 x Boeing 767-300
  • 10 x Boeing 777-200
  • Boeing 777-300ER (19 on order)
  • Boeing 787-9 (15 on order)

Chairman:
President:
Chief Financial Officer:
VP Flight Operations:

 Kong Dong
Cai Jianjiang
Chaofan He
Zhiyong Song

Air China Ltd is the People's Republic of China's state-owned and second-largest commercial airline after China Southern Airlines. It operates 5,090 flights each week worldwide and is the 18th largest airline in the world by fleet size. Air China is also the world's largest carrier by market capitalisation. It has its headquarters in the Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone in Shunyi District, Beijing.
Air China's main hubs are Beijing Capital International Airport, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport, with other focus cities at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Tianjin Binhai International Airport and Hohhot Baita International Airport. Air China currently flies to approximately 120 destinations; the most destinations from its own Beijing hub.

Accidents and Incidents:
Date
Aircraft
Registration
Location
Country
Fatal
Damage
15-Apr-02
 Boeing 767-200ER
B-2552
 4,6 km N of Pusan-Kimhae  (PUS) South Korea
129
w/o
22-Mar-90
 Hawker Siddeley Trident
B-2208
 Guilin Airport (KWL) China
0
w/o