Chinese Airlines

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), also called the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China, was established as a government agency in 1949 to operate China's commercial air fleet. In 1988 CAAC's operational fleet was transferred to new, semiautonomous airlines and has served since as a regulatory agency.

In 2002 the government merged the nine largest airlines into three regional groups based in Beijing , Shanghai , and Guangzhou , respectively: Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines, which operate most of China's external flights.

By 2005 these three had been joined by six other major airlines: Hainan Airlines, Shanghai Airlines Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, and Sichuan Airlines. Together, these nine airlines had a combined fleet of some 860 aircraft, mostly Boeing from the United States and Airbus from France.

To meet growing demands for passenger and cargo capacity, in 2005 these airlines significantly expanded their fleets with orders placed for additional Boeing and Airbus aircraft expected to be delivered by 2010. In June 2006, it was announced that an Airbus A320 assembly plant would be built in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin , with the first aircraft to be delivered in 2008.

Air China owns 17.5% of Cathay Pacific (second largest shareholder) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), an administrative agency of the State Council, owns majority and controlling stakes in China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and Air China.

The total number of planes of all mainland Chinese carriers combined will be near 1,580 by 2010, up from 863 in 2006. By 2025, the figure is estimated to be 4,000

The twenty seven airlines in the Chinese mainland handled 138 million passengers, and 22.17 million tons of cargo in 2005.

List of airlines of China

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Airline	Chinese	IATA	ICAO
Air China Cargo	中国国际货运航空有限公司	CA	CAO
Air China	中國國際貨運航空	CA	CCA
CDI Cargo Airlines	长龙航空	GJ	CDC
Changan Airlines	长安航空	2Z	CGN
Chengdu Airlines	成都航空	EU	UEA
China Cargo Airlines	中国货运航空	CK	CKK
(*) Beijing Capital Airlines	首都航空	JD	DER
China Eastern Airlines	中国东方航空公司	MU	CES
China Express Airlines	華夏航空	G5	HXA
China Postal Airlines	中国货运邮政航空公司	CF	CYZ
China Southern Airlines	中国南方航空公司	CZ	CSN
China United Airlines	中国联合航空	KN	CUA
Chongqing Airlines	重庆航空	OQ	CQN
Dalian Airlines	大连航空	CA	CCD
Deer Jet	金鹿航空	JD	DER
Donghai Airlines	东海航空	DZ	EPA
Grandstar Cargo	银河国际货运航空有限公司	GD	GSC
Great Wall Airlines	長城航空	IJ	GWL
Hainan Airlines	海南航空公司	HU	CHH
Hebei Airlines	河北航空公司	NS	HBH
Henan Airlines	河南航空	VD	KPA
Jade Cargo International	翡翠国际货运航空有限公司	JI	JAE
Juneyao Airlines	吉祥航空公司	HO	DKH
Lucky Air	祥鹏航空公司	8L	LKE
Okay Airways	奥凯航空公司	BK	OKA
Ruili Airlines	瑞丽航空有限公司	DR	RLH
Shanghai Airlines	上海航空公司	FM	CSH
Shanghai Airlines Cargo	上海航空股份有限公司	F4	SHQ
Shenzhen Airlines	深圳航空	ZH	CSZ
Sichuan Airlines	四川航空	3U	CSC
Spring Airlines	春秋航空公司	9C	CQH
Tianjin Airlines	天津航空	GS	GCR
West Air (China)	西部航空	PN	CHB
Xiamen Airlines	厦门航空	MF	CXA
Yangtze River Express	扬子江快运航空有限公司	Y8	YZR
(*) Air Macau	澳門航空	NX	AMU
(*)Cathay Pacific	國泰航空公司	CX	CPA
(*)China Flying Dragon Aviation	中国飞龙专业航空公司	-	CFA
(*)Dragonair	港龍航空	KA	HDA
(*)East Star Airlines	東星航空	8C	DXH
(*)Fuzhou Airlines	福州航空公司	FU	FZA
(*)Grand China Air	大新华航空	CN	GDC
(*)Hong Kong Airlines	香港航空公司	HX	CRK
(*)HK Express	香港快運航空	UO	HKE
(*)Joy Air	幸福航空	JR	JOY
(*)Kunming Airlines	昆明航空公司	KY	KNA
(*)Urumqi Air	烏魯木齊航空公司	UQ	CUH
(*)Tibet Airlines	西藏航空	TV	TBA
(*)Qingdao Airlines	青岛航空	QW	QDA
(*)Uni-Top Airlines	友和道通航空	UW	UTP
(*)SF Airlines	顺丰航空有限公司	O3	CSS
(*)Air Hong Kong	香港華民航空	LD	AHK
(*)China Airlines	中華航空股份有限公司	CI	CAL

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