Air China

Founded1 July 1988Hubs

Air China Cargo (51%)
Air Macau (66.9%)
AMECO (75%)
Beijing Airlines (51%)
Cathay Pacific (29.9%)
Dalian Airlines (80%)
Shandong Airlines (51%)
Shenzhen Airlines (51%)
Sichuan Airlines (10%)
Tibet Airlines (31%)

Fleet size537Destinations218 Parent company

Air China Group (53.46%)
Cathay Pacific (18.13%)

Traded as

SSE: 601111 (A share)
SEHK: 753 (H share)
LSE: AIRC

HeadquartersBeijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi District, Beijing, ChinaKey people

Wa Mingyuan (president, vice chairman & director)
Ma Chongxian (chairman)

Revenue

CNÂ¥166.70 billion (2024)Operating income

CNÂ¥âˆ’1.60 billion (2024)Net income

CNÂ¥2.22 billion (2024)Total assets

CNÂ¥345.75 billion (2024)Total equity

CNÂ¥45.13 billion (2024)Employees65,000 (2023)Websiteairchina.comAlternative Chinese nameSimplified Chineseä¸å›½å›½é™…èˆªç©ºå…¬å¸Traditional Chineseä¸åœ‹åœ‹éš›èˆªç©ºå…¬å¸Literal meaningChina International Airlines CompanyAir ChinaSimplified Chineseå›½èˆªTraditional Chineseåœ‹èˆªLiteral meaningNational Airline

Air China, officially Air China Limited, (ä¸å›½å›½é™…èˆªç©ºå…¬å¸, ZhÅngguÃ³ guÃ³jÃ¬ hÃ¡ngkÅng gÅngsÄ«) is the flag carrier airline of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered in Shunyi, Beijing. The airline offers both domestic and international flights to different destinations around China and the world.

The airline was established in 1988 after the former Chinese flag carrier CAAC was split into six airlines, one of them being Air China; it later merged with several of the successor airlines. It is 53.46% owned by the state-owned China National Aviation Holding. Air China is one of the three major airlines in the country, along with China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines.

Air China's hub airports are in Beijing and Chengdu. In 2017, the airline carried 102 million domestic and international passengers with an average load factor of 81%. The airline joined Star Alliance in 2007.