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| Thursday,June 08,2006 Posted: 01:00 BJT(1700 GMT) Chicago |
www.airchina.com.cn
*****General Information *****
According to "Civil Aviation System Reform Program" issued by CAAC, China National Aviation Holding Company came into being on October 11, 2002. The airline corporation takes old Air China as the principal part, and combines China National Aviation Company and China Southwest Airlines.
The name and logo of old Air China will be retained by the new group. The old China Southwest Airlines is renamed as Air China Southwest Company, and the old China Zhejiang Airlines is renamed as Air China Zhejiang Company. The new Air China is still the only airlines that fly China's national flag on every aircraft and provide special planes
for state leaders.
The new Air China has total assets of RMB 51.74 billion, 23000 employees and handling capacity of 5.17 billion tons. The fleet includes 42 large aircraft: Boeing 747s, 767s, 777s and Airbus 340. The new airline carried 18.174 million passengers and anticipated business volume of RMB 23.19 billion in 2002. It has 322 air routes (including 56 domestic routes and 266 overseas routes) and more than 2,472 scheduled flights weekly. It has branch companies in Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Tianjin and Inner Mongolia. It also has business offices in more than 29 domestic cities and representative offices in 48 overseas cities. The new Air China has an unapproachable strength in civil aviation of China.
*****Flight Schedules between USA and China*****
Currently, Air China operates the following Direct, Nonstop flights from USA to Beijing/Shanghai/Shenyang, China.
Gateway: Los Angels
LAX – PEK – SHE CA984 Mon/Tue/Web/Thu/Sat/Sun
SHE – PEK – LAX CA983 Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun
Gateway: San Francisco
SFO – PEK CA986 Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun
PVG - PEK – SFO CA985 Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun
Gateway: New York
FK – PEK CA982 Daily
PEK – JFK CA981 Daily
Gateway: Chicao
Air China also has the following code-share flights (Operated by United Airlines)
CHI - PEK CA8851 Daily
PEK - CHI CA8850 Daily
CHI - PVG CA8835 Daily
PVG - CHI CA8836 Daily
*****Contacts*****
Beijing Ticketing Center: Xidan Civil Aviation Building,
No. 15 Chang’an West Street,
Beijing, China
Tel: 86-10-66013336 (Dom. Res.)
86-10-66016667 (Int’l Res.)
86-10-66050875 (Night-time Res.)
New York Office: 150 East 52nd Street, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 1-800-9828802
1-212-3719898
Fax: 1-212-9357951
Detroit Office: 37655 Ford Road
Westland, MI 48185
Tel: 1-734-7222302
Fax: 1-734-7224945
Chicago Office: 221 North LaSalle street suite 1322
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: 1-312-407-0080
Fax: 1-312-407-0082
Los Angeles Office: 222 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 1500
El Segundo, CA 90245
Tel: 1-800-8828122
1-310-3350088
Fax: 1-310-3221133
San Francisco Office: 540 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: 1-800-9861985
1-415-3922162
Fax: 1-415-3926214
*****Gateway Airport Information*****
LAX: Los Angeles International Airport
Air China’s ticketing counter is located at Terminal 2
SFO: San Francisco International Airport
Air China’s ticketing counter is located at International Terminal Aisle – 3
JFK: New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
Air China’s ticketing counter is located at Terminal 1
PEK: Beijing Capital International Airport
Air China’s ticketing counter is located at Terminal 2
PVG: Shanghai Pudong International Airport
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