Airlines - China

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China is a country in East Asia, the world's third largest country by area (after Russia and Canada) and the largest by population. It is bordered on the north by the Republic of Mongolia and Russia, on the northeast by Russia and North Korea, on the east by the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, on the south by the South China Sea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma), India, Bhutan, and Nepal, on the west by Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, and on the northwest by Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. China includes more than 3400 offshore islands. The total area of China is 9,571,300 sq km (3,695,500 sq mi), not including Hong Kong, Macau, and land under the control of the Republic of China on Taiwan. The capital of China is Beijing; the country's most populous urban centre is Shanghai.

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Airline	Operating Dates	IATA / ICAO	Tree	Status	Update / New
AE Cargo	2008* - 2008*			Began?
Air Changan Airlines (ACA)	1992 - 2000	2Z :	>Chang'an Airlines	Renamed
Air China	1988 - 2010>	CA : CCA	Air China	Active
Air China Cargo	2003 - 2010>	CA : CAO		Active
Air Great Wall	1992* - 2001		>China Eastern Airlines	Renamed
Air Guizhou	1996* - 1996*			Status?
Air Spring	2005* - 2005*			Began?
Anui Airlines	2007* - 2007*			Began?
Beiya Airlines	1993 - 2003		>China Southern Airlines	Renamed
Bejing Airlines	2007* - 2007*		>Kunpeng Airlines	Renamed
Blue Skies	* ~ *			Unproven
CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China)	1964 - 1988	CA :	>CAAC	Renamed
Capital Airlines	2010 - 2010>			Active	New
CATC (Central Air Transport Corp.)	1943* - 1953*		>CAAC	Renamed
CGAC	* ~ *			Unproven
Chang'an Airlines	2000 - 2010>	HU : CGN	Chang'an Airlines	Active	Update
Chengdu Airlines	2010 - 2010>	EU : UEA	Chengdu Airlines	Active	New
China Air Cargo	1989* - 1989*			Defunct
China Cargo Airlines	1998 - 2010>	CK : CKK		Active
China Civil Aviation Corporation	1964* - 1964		>CAAC	Renamed
China Eastern Airlines	1988 - 2010>	MU : CES	China Eastern Airlines	Active
China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu	1993 - 2010>			Active
China Eastern Airlines Wuhan	2002 - 2010>	: CWU	China Eastern Airlines Wuhan	Active
China Eastern Xi Bei Airlines	2003 - 2006*	WH : CNW	China Eastern Xi Bei Airlines	Status?
China Eastern Yunnan	2002 - 2009*	3Q : CYH	China Eastern Yunnan	Status?
China Express Airlines	2006 - 2010>	G5 : HXA		Active
China Flying Dragon (Feilong Airlines)	1981 - 2010>	: CFA		Active
China General Aviation	1989* - 1997	GP : CTH	>China Eastern Airlines	Renamed
China Northern Airlines	1990 - 2003	CJ : CBF	>China Southern Airlines	Renamed
China Northern Swan Airlines	2003 - 2003		>China Southern Airlines	Renamed
China Northwest	1989* - 2003		>China Eastern Xi Bei Airlines	Renamed
China Postal Airlines	1997 - 2010>	8Y : CYZ		Active
China Southern Airlines	1989 - 2010>	CZ : CSN	China Southern Airlines	Active
China Southwest Airlines	1987* - 2003		>Air China	Renamed
China United Airlines	1986* - 2010>	KN : CUA		Active
China West Air	2007 - 2010>	PN : CHB		Active
China Xinhua Airlines	1993 - 2010>	XW : CXH		Active
Chongging Airlines	1996* - 1996*			Defunct
Chongqing Airlines	2007 - 2010>	OQ : CQN		Active
Dapeng Airlines	1992* - 1992		>Chang'an Airlines	Renamed
Datang Qili Airlines	2005* - 2008*			Began?
Dazhong Airlines	2008* - 2008*			Began?
Deer Air	2006* - 2010>	JD : DRA		Active	New
Deer Jet	2006* - 2010>	JD : DRA		Active
Deer Jet Airlines (Deer Air)	2006 - 2010>	DF : DER		Active
Donghai Airlines	2006 - 2010>	J5 : EPA	Donghai Airlines	Active
Eagle United Airlines	2005* - 2005*			Began?
East Pacific Airlines	2004 - 2006		>Donghai Airlines	Renamed
East Star Airlines	2006 - 2009	8C : DXH		Defunct
Eastern Express	2006* - 2006*		>Phoenix Airline	Renamed
Eurasia	1930 - 1942		>CAAC	Renamed
Fujian Airlines	1993* - 2002*			Status?
Grand China Air	2007 - 2010>	CN : GDC		Active
Grand China Express Air	2007 - 2009	GS : GCR	>Tianjin Airlines	Renamed
GrandStar Cargo	2007 - 2010>	GD : GSC		Active
Great Wall Airlines	2006 - 2010>	IJ : GWL		Active
Guangxi Airlines	1994* - 1996*			Defunct
Gugena	* ~ *			Unproven
Guizhou Airlines	1991* - 2010>	C4 : CGH		Active
Hainan Airlines	1993 - 2010>	HU : CHH	Hainan Airlines	Active
Hainan Province Airlines	1993 - 1993		>Hainan Airlines	Renamed
Hainan VIP Flight Services	1995 - 2001*			Status?
Hamiata	1939* - 1950		>CAAC	Renamed
Hohhot	* ~ *			Unproven
Huaxia Airlines	2007 - 2009*	G5 :		Status?
IASC (Industrial Aviation Service Corp.)	* ~ *			Unproven
Jade Cargo International (Jade Air Cargo)	2006 - 2010>	J1 : JAE		Active
Jasmine Airways	2008* - 2008*			Began?
Jetwin Cargo Airline	2002 - 2004		>Donghai Airlines	Renamed
Jet-Yl	2008* - 2008*			Began?
Jiangnan General Aviation	1990* - 2006*			Status?
Juneyao Airlines	2006 - 2010>	HO : DKH		Active
Kunming Airlines	2009 - 2010>	ZH :		Active
Kunpeng Airlines	2007 - 2010>	VD : KPA	Kunpeng Airlines	Active
Longken General Aviation	1988* - 1999*			Status?
Lucky Air	2006* - 2010>	8L : LKE	Lucky Air	Active
Manchurian Air Transport (MKKK Manshu Koko Kabushiki Kaisha)	Mid 1930s			Defunct
Ming Airlines	* - *			Status?
Minhaiduy	1955* - 1956*			Status?
Nanjing Airlines	1994* - 2003*			Status?
Ningxia Airlines	2008* - 2008*			Began?
Northeast Airlines	2007 - 2010>	NS : DBH		Active
Northern Air Sanya	* ~ *			Unproven
Okay Airways (Ao'Kai Airlines)	2005 - 2010>	BK : OKA		Active
Pan Asia Airways	2008* - 2008*			Began?
People's Aviation Corp. of China	* ~ *			Unproven
Phoenix Airline	2007* - 2007*		Phoenix Airline	Began?
Qiantang Air	2008* - 2008*			Began?
Rainbow Cargo Airlines	2008* - 2008*			Began?
Rainbow Jet	2002* - 2006*			Status?
SF Airlines (Shun Feng Airlines)	2009 - 2010>			Active
Shaanxi Delong United Airlines	2006* - 2006*			Began?
Shandong Airlines	1994 - 2010>	SC : CDG		Active
Shanghai Airlines	1985 - 2010>	FM : CSH		Active
Shanghai Airlines Cargo International	2006 - 2010>	F4 : SHQ		Active
Shanghai-Chengtu Airways	Early 1930s			Status?
Shangyang General Aviation Company	1998* - 2001*			Status?
Shantou Airlines	1993* - 2003*			Status?
Shanxi Airlines (Shan Xi Airlines)	2001 - 2010>	8C : CXI		Active
Shenzhen Airlines	1993 - 2010>	ZH : CSZ		Active
Shilin Airlines	2006* - 2006*		>Lucky Air	Began?
Shuangyang Aviation	2004* - 2006*			Status?
Shunfeng Airlines	2010+			Planned
Sichuan Airlines	1988 - 2010>	3U : CSC		Active
Sichuan Provincial Airlines	* ~ *			Unproven
Silk Route Airways	2006* - 2006*			Began?
SKOGA	1950 - 1964		>CAAC	Renamed
Spring Airlines	2005 - 2010>	9S : CQH		Active
Swan Airlines	1992* - 1996*		>China Southern Airlines	Renamed
Tianjin Airline	1996* - 2006*			Defunct
Tianjin Airlines	2009 - 2010>		Tianjin Airlines	Active
Tibet Airlines	1999* - 2000			Defunct
Tibetan Airlines	2004* - 2004*			Began?
United Eagle Airlines	2005 - 2010	EU : UEA	>Chengdu Airlines	Renamed	Update
Uni-Top Airlines	2009 - 2010>	UW :		Active
West China Air	2008* - 2009*			Status?
Western Airlines	2005* - 2005*			Began?
Wuhan Air Lines (Air Wuhan)	1986 - 2002		>China Eastern Airlines Wuhan	Renamed
Wuhan Air Transport	* ~ *			Unproven
Xiamen Airlines	1992 - 2010>	MF : CXA		Active
Xiedu Airlines	2008* - 2008*			Began?
Xingfu Airlines	2009 - 2010>			Active
Xinjiang Airlines	1985* - 2004		>China Southern Airlines	Renamed
Yangtze River Express	2003 - 2010>	Y8 : YZR		Active
Yunnan Airlines	1992* - 2002	3Q : CYH	>China Eastern Yunnan	Renamed
Yunnan Airlines	2008* - 2009*			Began?
Zhejiang Airlines	1990* - 2003	: CJG	>Air China	Renamed
Zhongfei Airlines	1993* - 2006*	: CFZ		Status?
Zhongyan Airlines	1986* - 2000	Z2 : CYN	>China Southern Airlines	Renamed
Zhuhai Airlines	1996* - 1996*			Defunct
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