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AIR CHINA Limited (AIR CHINA), referred to as "Air China", was formally established in Beijing in 1988, is the only airline in China flag Flying civil airlines. Air China is China National Aviation Corporation Holding of major air transport companies, with China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited And China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. are known as China's three major airlines. [30]
On December 15, 2004, Air China Limited was successfully listed in Hong Kong (stock code 009). At 16:55 on October 1, 2014, the first flight of Air China took place The Boeing 747-8 The intercontinental plane arrived in Beijing. By 2015, Air China will take delivery of all seven Boeing 747-8 intercontinental aircraft on order. Air China disclosed its annual report on the evening of March 30, showing that the company achieved operating income of 108.929 billion yuan in 2015, an increase of 3.85%. Vest in Shareholders of listed companies Net profit of 6.774 billion yuan, an increase of 77.45%; Basic earnings per share 0.55 yuan; It is proposed to pay 1.07 yuan (including tax) to all shareholders for every 10 shares.
On January 19, 2018, after the three major airlines of China Eastern and Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines successively announced that PED equipment could be used on the plane, the last airline of the four major airlines, Air China, finally announced in the evening that from 00:00 on January 21, mobile phones can be used on Air China planes, and the four major domestic airlines have opened the use of PED equipment on board. [1]
In December 2018, World Brand Lab Compiled by The World's top 500 brands 2018 Air China ranked 287th [2] . On May 14, 2019, it won the 10th China Environmental Excellence Award. [3] On September 1, 2019, the 2019 Top 500 Chinese service Enterprises list was released in Jinan, and Air China Co., Ltd. ranked 59th. [4] In December 2019, Air China Limited was selected as one of the 100 brands in the 2019 China Brand Power Ceremony. [5]
Company name
Air China Limited
Foreign name
Air China Limited
Establishment time
The year 1988 (Wuchennian)
Headquarters location
Peking
Business scope
Major air transport company
Type of company
Central enterprises
Company slogan
Guests of the world, the world
Annual turnover
141.1 billion yuan [6] (2023)
Number of employees
83,506 people [6] (2019)
IATA code
CA
ICAO code
CCA
Calling signal
Air China
Frequent flyer program
Phoenix bosom friend
Aviation alliance
Star Alliance
Official website
http://www.airchina.com.cn/
Unified social credit code:
911100007178710060
Organization Code:
717871006
Registration Number:
100000400011521
Business status:
Start business
Company Type:
Co., LTD. (Taiwan-Hong Kong-Macao and domestic joint ventures, listed)
Date of establishment:
27 March 2006
Legal representative:
Ma Chongxian
Business term:
27 March 2006
Registered capital:
1,620,0792,838 (RMB)
Audit/Annual Inspection Date:
July 10th, 2023
Registration authority:
Beijing Municipal Administration of Market Supervision
Company Address:
Room 101, Floor 1-9, Building 1, No. 30, Tianzhu Road, Shunyi District, Beijing
Business scope:
International, domestic scheduled and non-scheduled air passenger, cargo, mail and baggage transport services; Domestic and international business flights; Aircraft management business; Aircraft maintenance; Interairline business agent. Ground services and air express services related to the main business (except letters and articles of the nature of letters); Duty-free goods on board; On-board merchandise retail business; Aviation accident insurance sales agent; Import and export business; Hotel management; To undertake exhibitions; Conference services; Property management; Designing, producing, acting and publishing advertisements; Technical training; Self-owned houses for rent; Machinery and equipment leasing; Sales of daily necessities, handicrafts, souvenirs, textiles, cultural goods, sporting goods, machinery and equipment, hardware and electrical, electronic products, clothing, cars, motorcycles, auto parts, motorcycle parts, household appliances; Accommodation; Catering service; Selling food. (Market entities independently choose business projects and carry out business activities in accordance with the law; Sell food, catering services, accommodation and items subject to approval according to law, and carry out business activities in accordance with the approved contents after approval by relevant departments; They shall not engage in business activities of items prohibited and restricted by the national and municipal industrial policies.
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Historical evolution

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Air China Boeing 747-400 aircraft
The predecessor of Air China Limited Air China It was founded in 1988. The Flight Corps of Beijing Administration of Civil Aviation, the predecessor of Air China, was formally established on January 1, 1955. 1988 The Civil Aviation Administration of Beijing was set up and Air China was established.
According to the "Civil Aviation System Reform Plan" approved by The State Council, on October 28, 2002, Air China joined hands with the National Air China Corporation China Southwest Airlines It is established China National Aviation Corporation On the basis of the joint air transport resources of the three parties, a new Air China will be established.
30 September 2004, by The State Council State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission Approve as Air China Air China Limited (hereinafter referred to as Air China), the main air transport company controlled by the Group, was formally established in Beijing, and the original Air China was retained name And use Air China The sign of...
In December 2004, Air China issued its first overseas shares, and on December 15, 2004, Air China Limited issued its first overseas shares Hong Kong (ticker symbol 0753) and London (Trading symbol AIRC) successfully listed. Shanghai Stock Exchange Stock code 601111) airlines listed in three places.
Air China A330-200 (Star Alliance livery) aircraft
At the end of 2007, Air China officially joined the" Star Alliance ".
In 2011, Air China Limited and Cathay Pacific Airways The cargo joint venture project of the company has been officially completed, and the opening ceremony of Air China Cargo Limited after equity restructuring was held in Beijing on May 6, 2011. Following the joint venture, Air China holds 51 per cent of Air China Cargo, while Cathay Pacific holds 25 per cent and 24 per cent of economic interests. Air China Cargo has seven directors on its board, four appointed by Air China and three by Cathay Pacific. The joint venture will soon have a freighter fleet of 12 Boeing 747-400s, with Shanghai as its main base of operations.
At the end of 2010, Air China Cargo operated nine Boeing 747-400 freighters, the largest Boeing 747-400 freighter fleet in Civil China. [7] On the afternoon of July 21, 2011, China's first and most luxurious long-range passenger plane Boeing 777-300ER Land on Beijing Capital International Airport . A total of 20 were introduced by Air China Boeing 777-300ER An airliner. As of February 2015, Air China has a total of 327 aircraft of all types. [8]
In July 2013, Air China began offering global satellite communications Internet services on board, allowing passengers to send microblogs, receive emails and communicate with the ground. [9]
On April 16, 2014, Air China announced that it would provide onboard broadband Internet service to passengers on some flights. Travelers will be able to access Sina, Sina and Sina via PC and tablet. NetEase , Tencent , Galaxy Securities , Li Subnet and other websites, and the ground line to hold video conference and other services. Sina Weibo is Air China's exclusive social app partner. The upgrade to broadband is a further upgrade of Air China's Internet service.
On June 14, 2022, Air China and *ST Mountain Air B simultaneously announced that Air China, Mountain Air Group, Mountain Air Shares and Mountain Steel Financial Holding signed a framework agreement on equity transfer and capital increase. According to the framework agreement, Air China intends to transfer the equity of Shanair Group held by Shansteel Financial Holding and intends to increase the capital of Shanair Group; It also intends to further communicate with other shareholders of the Mountain Air Group and determine the investment arrangements for the Mountain Air Group. [44]
On July 1, 2022, according to an announcement issued by China Southern Airlines, Air China and China Eastern Airlines, the three major Chinese airlines have purchased 292 A320NEO family aircraft from Airbus. [45]
In November 2022, Air China Limited launched/resumed flights to Beijing Capital - Johannesburg - Chengdu, Chongqing - Seoul Incheon, Chongqing - Dubai and other international routes, and plans to launch/resume new flights to Chongqing - Ho Chi Minh City, Chongqing - Budapest, Tianjin - Tokyo Narita, Tianjin - Osaka Kansai, Wenzhou - Milan and other routes. [51] On December 22, it was operated by Air China The first direct flight linking Shanghai and Athens has been launched. [52]
On April 21, 2023, Air China officially opened the route from Xi 'an to Astana. The route is Air China's first regular long-distance international route to Kazakhstan from Xi 'an, with the flight number CA791/2 and two flights a week. [55] Beijing Aero Engine Maintenance Co., LTD. (BAESL), a new joint venture between Air China and Rolls-Royce, held its foundation stone laying ceremony in Beijing on August 31 and is expected to be put into operation in 2026. [59]
On November 1, 2023, Air China will resume direct flights between Beijing and San Francisco, with two round-trip flights every Wednesday and Saturday. [62]
December 15, 2023 news, Air China will resume flights to Chongqing ⇋ Singapore route from December 30. [63]
From February 16, 2024, Air China will add two new routes to Sanya Airport, namely Beijing Capital and Chengdu Tianfu [67] .
On March 6, 2024, the Shanghai Municipal Consumer Protection Commission revealed that Shanghai has recently established a mutual recognition mechanism for non-non-loss refund of inter-airline non-continuous passenger tickets. The Airport Branch of Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the Airport Office of Shanghai Consumer Protection Commission led the industry leading enterprises and the six airlines of Shanghai base airlines, Eastern Airlines, Air China Shanghai Branch, Southern Airlines Shanghai Branch, Spring Airlines, Junxiang Airlines, Jinpeng Airlines jointly launched the "Shanghai Airport cross-airline non-continuous passenger ticket refund Mutual recognition Mechanism". Trying to solve this bottleneck problem in air service. [68]
From April 28, 2024, Air China resumed the Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo route, which spans three continents, and Air China operates two flights per week on this route. [71]
The above times are local time
On May 6, 2024, Air China launched a direct Beijing-Riyadh flight from Beijing to the capital of Saudi Arabia, with three flights per week. From now until May 18, you can visit the "Garden City" - Riyadh from only 600 yuan (excluding tax) one way. [70] In June, the Beijing-Dhaka route was launched, with four flights per week. [71]
On April 26, 2024, Air China Limited announced that it signed an agreement with ComAC on April 26 to purchase 100 C919 aircraft from COMAC. The 100 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in batches from 2024 to 2031. [72]

Financial report data

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2016 Air China realized Operating income 113.964 billion yuan, up 4.62% year on year; Net profit reached 6.814 billion yuan, an increase of 0.59%. In 2016, Air China achieved a passenger revenue of 101.639 billion yuan, an increase of 4.571 billion yuan year-on-year. Among them, the revenue increased by 8.309 billion yuan due to the increase in capacity investment, the revenue decreased by 4.681 billion yuan due to the decrease in revenue level, and the revenue increased by 943 million yuan due to the increase in passenger load factor. Domestic passenger transport revenue accounted for 65.99%, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan passenger transport revenue 5.54%, international passenger transport revenue accounted for 28.47%. The passenger load factor for the year was 80.68%. [10]
As of October 29, 2022, Air China announced its third quarter 2022 results report. According to the report, Air China achieved a operating income of 18.135 billion yuan in the third quarter, with a loss of 8.668 billion yuan, and a cumulative loss of 28.103 billion yuan in the first three quarters, with an average daily loss of more than 100 million yuan. [50]
For the full year 2022, Air China's net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies is expected to lose about 37 billion yuan to 39.5 billion yuan. [53]
In July 2023, Air China released a performance forecast, which expected a net profit loss of about 3.2 billion yuan to 3.9 billion yuan in the first half of the year, and a loss of 19.435 billion yuan in the same period last year. [57]
On March 28, 2024, Air China Limited released its 2023 annual report. During the reporting period, Air China's total assets reached 335.303 billion yuan, an increase of 13.66% year-on-year. Net assets attributable to shareholders of listed companies were 37.23 billion yuan, up 57.69% year-on-year. In addition, the operating income of 141.1 billion yuan, an increase of 166.74%; The net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was -1.046 billion yuan, and the net cash flow generated by operating activities was 35.418 billion yuan. The weighted average return on equity was -2.77%, an increase of 88.09 percentage points year-on-year, and the basic earnings per share was -0.07 yuan / shares. [69]

Company information

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Basic information

Air China Co., LTD. (EN guo guo ji hang k Woman ng g Plane fen y Lately u xian g woman ng s) , short for" Air China "
English name: " Air China Limited ", referred to as" Air China ".
Air China Building
Address: Beijing, People's Republic of China Shunyi District Beijing, China India Air China Headquarters Building, 30 Tianzhu Road, Airport Economic Development Zone.
International Gateway: Shanghai Pudong International Airport . [11]
Frequent flyer program / Mileage Bonus Program: Phoenix bosom friend (Phoenix Miles).
Waybill prefix (three digits) : 999.

Detailed introduction

Air China A320-200
Air China is the only civil airline in China that flies the national flag and the world's largest airline alliance Star Alliance Member, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Air passenger transport partner, with the first brand value of domestic airlines ( World Brand Lab In 2013, it was estimated to be 76.568 billion yuan), and it is in a leading position in China in terms of air passenger transport, cargo and related services.
Air China undertakes overseas visits by Chinese state leaders Private plane The task is also undertaken by many foreign heads of state and government in the country exclusively Chartered aircraft Mission, this is the unique national flag carrier of Air China's noble status. Headquartered in Beijing, Air China has branches in Southwest China, Zhejiang, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hubei, Guizhou, Xizang, South China Base and engineering technology branch, and the main holding subsidiaries of Air China are Air China Cargo Limited , Air Macau Limited , Shenzhen Airlines limited liability company , Dalian Airlines limited liability Company , Beijing Airlines Co., LTD Etc. The joint venture company mainly includes Beijing Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., LTD (Ameco), in addition, Air China also has a stake Cathay Pacific Airways , Shandong Airlines Such a company, yes Shandong Airlines Group LTD. 's largest shareholder. It was formerly owned by Air China and is now owned by Aviation China Limited Beijing Aviation Food Co., LTD Established in Beijing on May 1, 1980, it is the first Sino-foreign joint venture after the promulgation of China's Law on Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures.
As of December 31, 2013, Air China (including the holding company) had a total of 497 aircraft of various types, mainly Boeing and Airbus, with an average age of 6.33 years; It operates 298 passenger routes, including 71 international routes, 15 regional routes and 212 domestic routes, 31 countries (regions) and 154 cities, of which 47 are international, 3 regional and 104 domestic; Through partnerships with airlines such as Star Alliance members, the service has been further expanded to 1,328 destinations in 195 countries.
The vision and positioning of Air China is "an airline with international reputation", which is to achieve the four strategic goals of "the world's leading competitive strength, continuous enhancement of development ability, beautiful and unique customer experience, and steady improvement of relevant interests". Enterprise spirit emphasizes "love to serve the world, innovation to navigate the future", the enterprise mission is "to meet customer needs, create common value"; The enterprise value is "service to the highest level, the public generally recognized"; The service concept is "rest assured, satisfactory, comfortable, moved".
Air China has the longest history in China Frequent flyer program -- "Phoenix Zhiyin", and through the integration of holding and participating companies' multi-brand frequent flyer members, unified into the "Phoenix Zhiyin" brand, as of the end of 2013, Phoenix Zhiyin members have reached 28.91 million. In China's civil aviation industry, Air China has launched two class services for medium and long distance international routes with the core content of "lying flat seat" and "whole process distinguished service", providing passengers with honorable, comfortable and convenient travel space and full service. Air China adheres to customer-oriented innovative services, and has launched a series of new products such as "Flight Butler" and "Air China Unlimited". Air China has a strong domestic and international connection transportation capacity and sales network, with a wide range of high-quality customer groups, has become the choice of many Chinese government agencies and corporate business customers. On June 28, 2011, Air China obtained the international authoritative service rating agency Skytrax On June 12, 2012, it was awarded the Gold Medal for self-service "Convenient Travel" at the 68th Annual Meeting and Global Air Transport Summit of the International Air Transport Association.
Air China has a team of pilots and flight attendants with exquisite business skills, rigorous style and good service. The flight team has won the "International Civil Aviation Organization Medal of Honor", "National Advanced Safety Production Collective", "safety flight model Unit" and many other honors, creating a world-class safety flight record, and successfully carrying out polar flights. It has created a miracle of safe flight for 45 years (since 1965) on the Chengdu-Lhasa route, which is universally recognized as a difficult flight and was once regarded as an "air exclusion zone" by the international civil aviation industry, and successfully achieved night flight in 2008. The air crew team shows the international level, Japanese, Korean, German flight attendants have joined, with good professional quality and professionalism, is the best friend of passengers in the blue sky. They continue to promote the "four-heart service" project that allows passengers to "rest assured, satisfactory, comfortable and moved", and the service quality has been appreciated by the majority of passengers.
Air China's aircraft have professional and standardized technical support. Air China has an engineering technology branch, headquartered in Beijing, under the jurisdiction of Chengdu , Chongqing , Hangzhou , Tianjin , Hohhot , Shanghai , Guiyang 7 maintenance bases and 4 affiliated enterprises, with 79 domestic maintenance sites and 45 international maintenance sites, forming a radiation at home and abroad maintenance network. Among them, China's civil aviation joint venture, the earliest and largest aircraft maintenance enterprise - Beijing Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., LTD. (Ameco) was established on May 2, 1989, which injected vitality into the improvement of maintenance capabilities. Air China Maintenance system holds the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), The Federal Aviation Administration Maintenance licenses issued by the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and 18 other countries, with nine large hangars and advanced facilities and equipment, with strong maintenance capabilities, has won the choice and trust of more than 80 airlines worldwide. Since the end of the 1980s, Air China has made breakthroughs in nearly 20 domestic maintenance projects and won more than 50 scientific and technological progress awards awarded by national and provincial ministries.
Air China implements integrated operation and has strong operation control capability. Air China flights all over the world are under the control of the operation organization, command and coordination center. The computerized flight planning system extracts information from the aircraft performance database, the global navigation database, the global airport database and the high altitude weather database, selects the route, makes the flight plan, grasps the aircraft performance, confirms the flight qualification, and strictly checks the clearance. Air China has developed its own operation management system, which integrates satellite telephone system, air-ground data communication system and short-wave radio system, becoming the first airline with ultra-remote monitoring capability in China.
At Beijing Capital Airport, Air China provides domestic and foreign airlines with ground services including inbound and outbound passengers, transit services, special passenger services, VIP passengers, "two-class" passenger services, passenger baggage services, flight load balancing services, flight departure system services, station loading and unloading services, cabin cleaning services, special equipment maintenance and other aspects. At the same time, it is an airline that uses passengers' self-service check-in procedures, passengers' self-service check-in baggage procedures and independent allocation of some seats in the terminal. At present, Air China has opened the central stowage service in 100 domestic terminals, making Air China the first airline in China to adopt the central stowage mode.
Air China attaches great importance to personnel training and has a flight training center with world-class training equipment, training capacity and training scale, strong teachers, rich teaching experience and first-class training equipment. The flight training group based in Tianjin Binhai International Airport adopts the most advanced real aircraft training mode of the current civil aviation of China, one aircraft Boeing 737-300 The aircraft is dedicated to the implementation of this field training, and undertakes the training and management of new aircraft pilots hired by Air China. The Crew Training Center is a large multi-functional training base for training flight attendants. The instructors of the center have the title of senior flight attendants, have the teaching qualification of IATA, and the instructor qualification recognized by IATA CRM training. The center has trained more than 80,000 students for nearly 40 airlines at home and abroad, and also provides training services for other industries that come here. Air China University is under construction and will become a large modern aviation personnel training base with academic education in the future.
The management level of Air China has been significantly improved, achieving seven consecutive years of profit from 2001 to 2007, taking a leading position in China's civil aviation industry, and the brand value is constantly expanding. From 2007 to 2013, Air China was selected as the world's top 500 brands for seven consecutive years, becoming the only Chinese civil aviation company to enter the "World's top 500 Brands". Top 500 global brands "The enterprise. In June 2013, Air China was ranked the 24th among China's 500 most valuable brands by World Brand Lab, ranking first in domestic aviation service industry. From 2004 to 2008, Air China won the "Customer Satisfaction Quality Award" and "Customer Satisfaction Quality Service Gold Award" in the "Civil Aviation" activities for five consecutive years. The Air China brand was once used by the UK Financial Times And the United States McKinsey management consulting company jointly assessed as "China's top ten world-class brands"; In the brand China overall ranking series of selection activities, won the "Brand China Hua Pu Award - China's annual 25 model brands" title; In December 2013, Air China won the "China Brand of the Year Award NO.1 (Aviation)" for eight consecutive years. In various social awards, it has won many titles such as "Best Chinese Airline", "Best Airline of the Year", "Extreme Pioneering Award", "Best Corporate Public Image Award" and "Top Ten Leading Enterprises in China's Economy".
Air China conscientiously fulfills its social responsibility and always regards public responsibility as its duty. Through its own sustainable development, stability creates tax revenue for the country and provides employment opportunities; Actively participated in social welfare practices, engaged in disaster relief, and made contributions to the country and society. The leadership team of Air China has been named "the national State-owned enterprises to create 'four good teams' advanced collective" by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the SASAC Party Committee. Air China and China Children and Youth Foundation Such as the joint initiative set up China Children's Fund " Special fund for children's insurance To contribute to the healthy growth of children and adolescents in our country. Air China has excelled in the Olympic and Paralympic Games service guarantee tasks, setting a record in the history of Chinese civil aviation, September 29, 2008, the Party Central Committee and The State Council in the Great Hall of the People held a grand summary and commendation conference for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, Air China was awarded the "Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Advanced Collective" honorary title. In all kinds of major natural disasters at home and abroad and undertaking emergency transportation missions, Air China takes quick action, organizes transportation, and tries its best to fulfill the responsibilities of central enterprises. Such as the 2003 fight against" Severe respiratory syndrome (SARS) The epidemic, the fight against the snow and ice disaster in early 2008, the earthquake relief in Wenchuan and Yushu in 2008 and 2009, the rescue in Haiti in 2010, the tsunami relief in Japan in 2011, and the emergency evacuation of Chinese personnel from Libya.

Corporate identity

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Air China Limited
The symbol of Air China is Phoenix, which is also the artistic transformation of the English "VIP" (distinguished guest). The color is the traditional Chinese red, which has the meaning of auspiciousness, completeness, peace and happiness. It embodies the sincere feelings of Air China people to serve the society and the eternal pursuit of safety.
Phoenix is a beautiful and auspicious divine bird. In the legend, Tianlao, an important minister of the Yellow Emperor, once described the image of the phoenix in this way: from the front, it looks like a mighty unicorn, from the back, it looks like a snapdeer, its neck is like a snake, its tail is like a fish, its jaw is like a swallow, its beak is like a chicken, and it has a pattern like a dragon and a back like a turtle. From a distance, the five colors are colorful and colorful. Feng's hometown is the country of the Oriental gentleman known as benevolence and virtue. The beautiful phoenix flies over the towering Kunlun Mountains, soaring four seas away, eating and drinking the rushing water under the pillar. It washes its noble feathers in the weak waters, and dwells on the steep, cold mountains of the wind. This wonderful bird brings peace and happiness wherever it appears. Therefore, whenever it spreads its wings in the blue sky, there are always thousands of birds of all kinds accompanying and following it.
Other companies using this logo are: China National Aviation Corporation, Air China Cargo, Beijing Airlines, Dalian Airlines, Air China Inner Mongolia (Inner Mongolia Airlines).

Cartoon image

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Panganda It is the mascot of Air China Co., LTD., and has become the brand ambassador of Air China. [12]
The image of Chuang Anda is derived from the cartoon panda in the Air China in-flight safety video, and its name is derived from the English word for panda. panda At the same time, it also contains the hope that all passengers who choose Air China travel can arrive safely, and the beautiful meaning of daily life. [13]

Main business

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Air China is mainly engaged in international and domestic scheduled and non-scheduled air passenger, cargo, mail and baggage transport; Domestic and international business flights; Aircraft management business, aircraft maintenance; Inter-airline agency business; Ground services related to the main business and Air express (except letters and articles of the nature of letters); on-board Duty-free goods Let's wait.
Headquartered in Beijing, Air China has branches in Southwest China, Zhejiang, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, Shanghai base and South China base, as well as engineering and technology branch, Corporate jet Branch, holding Beijing Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., LTD (Ameco), Air China Cargo Limited Beijing Aviation Food Company. Air China also has a stake Shenzhen Airlines , Cathay Pacific Airways Such enterprises, yes Shandong Airlines The largest shareholder of Air Macau Limited. While continuing to develop the Beijing hub, Air China has also focused on strengthening regional hubs such as West China with Chengdu as the center, East China with Shanghai as the center, and South China with Guangzhou as the center.
Air China has conducted extensive cooperation with domestic and foreign airlines Lufthansa , United Airlines , Dragonair , All Nippon Airways And 19 airlines to implement Code sharing , signed SPA cooperation agreements with 84 foreign airlines, and Shanghai Airlines And other domestic airlines have codeshare cooperation. Air China Domestic route To form an effective connection to international routes, domestic support international, international radiation domestic Air route Network layout, can provide passengers with convenient direct flight and transfer services. Air China has invested heavily Boeing 747 , An Airbus A340 Such wide-body long-range aircraft First class , Business class The hardware and software service facilities such as seats have been renovated successively, and the new first-class and business class compartment style, flat seats and entertainment services have been improved. In 2007, Air China officially joined Star Alliance, an international airline alliance.
Air China has an engineering technology branch to provide technical support for Air China's aircraft. The branch is composed of 6 bases, 3 joint ventures, 3 centers, 113 terminals, and more than 8,000 engineers and technicians. While providing safe and reliable aircraft and ensuring flight maintenance tasks for Air China's flight safety operations, it also provides maintenance services to more than 80 airlines around the world. Air China and German airline Lufthansa The joint venture, Beijing Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., LTD. (Ameco), is the first company in China to pass General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), The Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft maintenance companies certified by the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), as well as maintenance licenses issued by 12 other countries, can provide domestic and foreign customers with Boeing and Boeing Airbus series aircraft Airline maintenance, overhaul, a variety of engine overhaul services, is China's largest civil aircraft comprehensive maintenance enterprise.
Air China Boeing 737-700 aircraft
The flight training center under Air China uses full-mission flight simulators and computer basic trainers Pilot The training teaching and training institutions have the comprehensive training ability to carry out pilot transfer training, regular re-training and flight inspection around the main aircraft of the Boeing series; Be based in Tianjin Binhai International Airport The flight training group is dedicated to pilot training in the field. There is a crew training center for training flight attendants. The instructors of the center have the title of senior flight attendants, the teaching qualification of IATA, and the training qualification recognized by International Air Transport Association (CRM). In addition to the systematic training of Air China flight attendants, they also train trainees for domestic and foreign airlines. It also provides training services for postal, hotel, railway, road transport, banking, hospital, insurance, telecommunications and other industries.
As of the end of October 2011, Air China has a Mordant and Airbus Series of various types of aircraft 277. By 2005, Air China had achieved a total transportation turnover of 7.44 billion tons kilometers; 27.69 million passengers were transported; The freight volume is 733,000 tons. It is accessible to 22 countries and regions, including nearly 40 international cities, more than 70 domestic cities, and 4,160 weekly regular flights. By the end of 2005, Air China had 102 sales departments and independent sales agents at home and abroad.
Air China is the air passenger transport partner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Air China designated B-5201,B-5202 and B-5211 Boeing 737-700 The plane is decked out in Olympic paint and named" Beijing Olympic flight "; Number B-5177 Boeing 737-800 Three aircraft, including the passenger plane, were dressed in Olympic dream paint and named" Olympic Auspicious aircraft ". Air China selected one with registration number B-6075 An Airbus A330 Painting, as the 2008 Beijing Olympic flame overseas transmission of the special aircraft, named" The Olympic Flame plane ". In 2008, Air China Limited, in order to enhance the awareness and reputation of Air China's brand, cooperated with the brand promotion of Air China's high-end two-class product brands - Zijin First Class and Zichen Business class - painted sister aircraft. The Purple and Gold "And" The Zichen plane ". In December 2008, Sichuan Province and Air China Southwest Branch jointly launched the "Sichuan regional culture". The Beautiful Sichuan aircraft ", with Sichuan local characteristics of painted pattern aircraft to promote Sichuan local tourism. In 2009, it launched the Brocade Hubei Painted Aircraft.

Corporate culture

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The corporate culture launched by Air China at the end of 2005 takes service as the main line and expounds the corporate values of Air China. The vision and positioning of Air China is "an international well-known airline", its connotation is to achieve the "mainstream passenger recognition, China's most valuable, China's most profitable, with world competitiveness" strategic goals;
Air China Boeing 737-800 aircraft
Adhering to the concept of "safety first, passengers first", Air China launched the "Four-heart Service project" with the content of "rest assured, satisfactory, comfortable and moved". Air China's development goals: to be an airline recognized by mainstream passengers, to be the most valuable airline in China, to be the most profitable airline in China, to enhance international competitiveness, and to be an airline with world competitiveness. While occupying a dominant position in the Beijing market at home, it is committed to enhancing its position in the global aviation network.
Among the more than 2,600 pilots of Air China, 131 have been awarded the meritorious pilots for more than 20,000 hours of safe flight, 542 have been awarded the Gold Medal for more than 16,000 hours of safe flight, and the Air China Flight Corps has won many honors such as the "Medal of Honor of the International Civil Aviation Organization", "National Advanced Safety Production Collective", and "Safety Flight Model Unit". Air China has always been known for its excellent safety record. Flight attendants engaged in cabin service include foreign flight attendants serving the company.

Enterprise leader

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Position
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president
Ma Chongxian [43] [49]
PRESIDENT
Wang Mingyuan [54]
Vice president
Ni Jiliang [42] [47]

Enterprise honor

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2023
July 2023, selected 2023 Fortune China's Top 500 listed companies The ranking, number 246. [56]
In July 2023, it was ranked 2023 Fortune China 500 list 288 bits. [58]
2022
In April 2022, it was awarded the title of "Beijing Advanced Collective of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games". [38] [40]
On April 13, 2022, Chongqing Branch of Air China Limited was selected into the public list of objects to be commended by the National May Day Labor Award. [37]
On April 28, 2022, the flight attendants of the Cabin Service Department of Air China Co., Ltd. won the honorary title of National Worker Pioneer in 2022. [39] [41]
In July 2022, it ranked 185th in the 2022 Fortune China 500 List. [46]
In September 2022, the company's operating income was 7,453.167 million yuan China's Top 500 Enterprises by 2022 Number 316 on the list. [48]
The year 2021
In July 2021, the 2021 Fortune China 500 list was released, and Air China Limited ranked 165th. [31]
In July 2021, it was selected into the list of State-owned key enterprise management benchmarking action benchmarking enterprises. [32]
In August 2021, the Hongyan Crew of Cabin Service Department of Chongqing Branch of Air China Limited was named the "20th National Youth Civilization Number". [33]
On September 2, 2021, Air China Flight Corps [35] Awarded "2017-2020 National Mass Sports Advanced Unit" by the State General Administration of Sport Title.
On September 23, 2021, Air China ranked 73rd in the 2021 Top 500 Asian Brands list. [36]
September 25, 2021, selected as" 2021 China Top 500 Enterprises The list, ranked 283rd. [34]
The year 2020
July 2020," Top 100 Most valuable brands in China in 2020 Air China ranked 44th on the list. [14]
On May 10, 2020, the "2020 Top 500 Chinese Brands" list was released, and Air China ranked 57th. [15]
On January 3, 2020, it was listed on the top 500 listed companies by market value in 2019, ranking 89th. [16]
On January 11, 2020, the "2019 China Corporate Social Responsibility 500 Best List" was released, and Air China Limited ranked 98th. [17]
In January 2020, the list of the world's 500 most valuable brands in 2020 was released, and Air China ranked 485th. [18]
In July 2020, Air China was ranked 76th in the 2020 Fortune China 500 List. [19]
In October 2020, it was named an advanced collective in the national transportation system to fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. [20]
2019
On December 18, 2019, People's Daily Ranked 67th on the "China Brand Development Index" 100 list. [21]
December 12, 2019," Huizhu Network ·2019 Hurun Brand list Air China ranked 56th with a brand value of 30.5 billion yuan. [22]
On September 1, 2019, China's Top 500 Enterprises 2019 Air China ranked 136th. [23] A list of China's top 500 service companies in 2019 was released in Jinan, with Air China ranked 59th. [4]
On July 10, 2019, the Fortune China 500 list was released, and Air China Limited ranked 68th. [24] [30]
The year 2018
In December 2018, the "World Brand Lab" The World's top 500 brands 2018 Air China ranked 287th [2] .
In May 2018, Air China was ranked fifth in the "World's Top 10 Safest Airlines". Air China ranks fourth in the "World's top Ten comprehensive competitive Airlines" list. [25]
The year 2015
In February 2015, Air China Co., LTD Central Steering Committee for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization Awarded the honorary title of "the fourth National Civilized Unit". [26]
The year 2008
In March 2008, Air China won the "FT China Top 10 World-class Brands" award
In January 2008, Air China won the "Best Airline of the Year" award
In January 2008, Air China won the "2007 Best Corporate Public Image Award"
The year 2007
In December 2007, Air China won the "2007 China Brand of the Year Award NO.1 (Aviation)
In December 2007, Air China won the "Readers' Most Concerned Enterprise" award
In November 2007, Air China was awarded the "Best Chinese Airline" and "China's most Economy Class".
In November 2007, Air China won the "Extreme Pioneering Award"
In October 2007, Air China was named the "Best Chinese Airline".
In September 2007, Air China was awarded the "Best Chinese Airline".
In August 2007, Air China won the "Brand China Huabu Award"
In June 2007, Air China was named "Top 20 Most Globally Competitive Chinese Companies in 2007".
In June 2007, Air China was in Top 500 Chinese brands Mid-rank rise
In June 2007, Air China was ranked Fortune 500
In May 2007, Air China won the 2006 national "Ankang Cup" competition excellent organization unit award
In April 2007, Air China won the "Preferred Airline for Domestic Routes" award
In March 2007, Air China was awarded the Best Domestic Airline in the "Favorite Airline" category
In February 2007, Air China won the "2006 Best Ground Service Award"
February 2007, February 2007, Air China won the "2006 Bank of China Great Wall Card Best Merchant", "2006 Foreign credit Card Best Merchant" and "2006 Best cooperation unit" three honors
In February 2007, Air China was awarded the "Customer Satisfaction Quality Service Gold Award"
In January 2007, Air China won the "2006 Best Corporate Public Image Award"
The year 2006
In December 2006, Air China won the 2006 Annual "China Brand Award NO.1"
In December 2006, Air China was named "2006 China's Most Innovative Enterprise", ranking second
In December 2006, Air China won the 2006 "Best Information Disclosure Award of Chinese Listed Companies" in Shanghai.
In November 2006, Air China was named "the most Influential Brand in China in 2006", ranking second
In November 2006, Air China was awarded the "2007 Asia and Middle East Aviation Outlook Summit" Asia Pacific Airlines CFS selected "Airline of the Year"
In October 2006, Air China was awarded the 2006 TTG Best Chinese Airline Award
In October 2006, Air China was selected as one of the "Top Ten Chinese Brands of the Year in 2006 World Market"
In September 2006, Air China shares ranked 141 in the "Top 500 Asian Brands List"
In August 2006, Air China was awarded the title of "China's Top 25 Model Brand Enterprises"
In July 2006, Air China was selected by the World manager "2006 China Top Ten Business Brands"
In June 2006, Air China issued the 2006" China's 500 Most valuable brands "Ranked 32nd on the list
In January 2006, Air China won the "Best Brand in Air Transport" award in the "Top Ten Enterprise Brands in China"
In January 2006, Air China won the "Customer Satisfaction Quality Award" in the group with more than 15 million passengers transported annually.
In January 2006, Air China was awarded the 2005 Civil Aviation Administration Aviation safety Top Prize -- "Jinpeng Cup"
In January 2006, Air China won the 2005 Best Frequent Flyer Program Award in January 2006, Air China won the 2005 "China's Best Corporate Public Image Award"
The year 2005
In December 2005, Air China won the title of "China Brand of the Year Award NO.1" among domestic airlines
In November 2005, Air China was awarded the title of "Best Chinese Airline in China"
In September 2005, Air China won the "Top Ten National Brands most loved by the public in China" award
In August 2005, Air China ranked eighth in the "Top Ten global Brands in China" survey
2005年8月,中国大陆最具品牌价值的500强企业当中,国航名列第35位
In July 2005, Air China was awarded the 2005 China Public Aviation Service Communication Annual index brand
Air China Boeing 777-300ER (Love China) aircraft

Fleet information

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Aircraft model
quantity
33 [8]
71
70
30
28
135
Airbus A350 XWB
10
Boeing 747
10
Boeing 777-300
28
Comac ARJ21
1
total
430
Average age
7.8 years
Air China Boeing 747-8 aircraft

Major accident

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At around 10:40 am (11:40 local time) on April 15, 2002, an Air China flight Boeing 767-200ER Passenger aircraft in South Korea Gimhae Near the pond cave Sacred Fish Mountain Crash. The flight was numbered B-2552 and carried out on April 15 at 8:37 AM Beijing - Busan Flight Mission (CA129), departing from Beijing Capital International Airport, is expected to arrive at Busan Airport in 2 hours. Busan Airport at that time Heavy fog Visibility is low. At around 10:40, the plane crashed in Gimhae City. There were three pilots, eight crew members and 155 passengers on board, including 19 Chinese and 135 South Koreans. Uzbekistan One passenger. A total of 38 people on board survived, including 10 Chinese passengers. Air China launched emergency procedures shortly after the crash. The crash was also Air China's only plane crash in 47 years. [27]
Flight CA403 from Chengdu Tianfu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport on September 10, 2023. There were 146 passengers and 9 crew members on board. The aircraft appeared smoke in the cabin before landing, and the crew handled it according to procedures. The aircraft landed at Singapore Changi Airport at 16:14 Beijing time, and the crew organized passengers to implement emergency evacuation after landing. [60] On September 11, Air China reported the incident of flight CA403: the preliminary judgment was caused by engine mechanical failure. [61]
On December 15, 2023, an Air China CA8293 actually took off from Wuhan Tianhe Airport at 3:24 PM and returned at 3:30 PM. [64]
On December 30, 2023, Flight CA174 (Sydney-Beijing) broke down during the flight, the crew handled it according to procedures, and decided to return to Sydney in order to ensure safety. The plane landed safely at Sydney Airport at 19:45 Beijing time. [65]
On January 23, 2024, Air China Weibo issued a statement on the return of flight CA1825 from Beijing to Changzhou on January 22, which reads as follows: On January 22, flight CA1825 from Beijing to Changzhou, due to the negligence of our staff, the nose landing gear safety pin was not removed, resulting in the nose landing gear of the plane could not be recovered normally, and the crew disposed of the plane to return to the flight according to the procedure. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience caused to passengers, and we will conduct a deep review and serious reflection, immediately launch rectification in relevant areas, and seriously pursue responsibility and accountability. Thank you for your supervision and support. [66]

Disputed matter

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April 1, 2014, Chairman of New Oriental Yu Minhong Complaining on Weibo, Air China changed its business class to economy class, and did not give any explanation, found Air China numerous times, Air China for various reasons not to refund the money. The following is the full text of his microblog:
"On September 26, 2013, I took Air China CA985 to the United States, and when I arrived at the airport, I found that Air China actually changed business class to economy class, and did not give any explanation, basically love to sit and not sit and walk." Only to economy class, got a landing certificate, said you can return the difference in money, after coming back from the United States, found Air China numerous times, Air China for various reasons not to return the money, has not returned to the money. Air China, are you qualified to be such a brute?" [28]
On July 17, 2018, the Civil Aviation Administration held a safety video teleconference to inform the Civil Aviation Administration Safety Committee's decision to deal with three serious unsafe incidents that occurred recently, including the "Air China CA106 co-pilot smoking electronic cigarettes caused an emergency flight descent" incident on July 10. Decided to reduce the total 737 flight capacity of Air China headquarters by 10%, and revoke pilot licenses. Subject article: 7·10 Air China co-pilot smoking incident [29]