China Postal Airlines (, T: 中國郵政航空, P: ''Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng Hángkōng'') is a
cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
In 2018, airline cargo traf ...
based on the 11th through 14th floors of the Ziyu Office Building (S: 紫玉写字楼, T: 紫玉
寫字樓, P: ''Zǐyù Xiězìlóu'') in
Haidian District
Haidian District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It is mostly situated in northwestern Beijing, but also to a lesser extent in the west, where it has borders with Xicheng District and Fengtai District.
It is 431 square km in a ...
,
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
,
People's Republic of China
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. Its main base is
Nanjing Lukou International Airport
Nanjing Lukou International Airport is the main airport serving Nanjing (the capital of Jiangsu Province) and a major airport serving the Yangtze River Delta area. As of 2020, it is the 12th busiest civil airport in China, Dropping one plac ...
.
History
The airline was established on 25 November 1996 and started to operate on 27 February 1997. It is owned by
Chinese Postal Bureau (51%) and
China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of ...
(49%). It was originally set up to operate domestic postal services, but in 2006 introduced international scheduled services to
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
and
Japan
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. From January 2007 international cargo charter services were introduced.
In December 2015 it was announced that a total of 7 used Boeing 757 and 10 used Boeing 737 would be acquired from Boeing, being converted to freighters via Boeing's Converted Freighter (BCF) program, to be delivered in 2016 and 2017 to expand the existing fleet.
Destinations
China Postal Airlines operates express mail and cargo transport services mainly for
China Post
China Post, legally the China Post Group Corporation ( zh, 中国邮政集团有限公司, Pinyin: ''Zhōngguó yóuzhèng jítuán yǒuxiàn gōngsī''), is the state-owned enterprise operating the official postal service of China, which provi ...
to over 300 domestic destinations, as well as international scheduled and charter services.
Fleet
Current fleet
![B-5157@PEK (20201120151046)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/B-5157%40PEK_%2820201120151046%29.jpg)
, China Postal Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of August 2018):
* 1 further Boeing 737-300F
* 2 further Boeing 757-200PCF in storage.
See also
*
China Post
China Post, legally the China Post Group Corporation ( zh, 中国邮政集团有限公司, Pinyin: ''Zhōngguó yóuzhèng jítuán yǒuxiàn gōngsī''), is the state-owned enterprise operating the official postal service of China, which provi ...
*
China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of ...
References
External links
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Cargo airlines of China
Airlines established in 1996
Companies based in Beijing
China Post
China Southern Airlines
Joint ventures