Airline
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IATA
ICAO
Callsign
Commenced operations
Ceased operations
Notes
Air Great Wall
G8
CGW
1992
2000
Formed by CAAC Flying College . 55% stake acquired in 2000 by China Eastern Airlines , and reorganized in 2001 as the Ningbo branch of China Eastern Airlines. Merged into China Eastern Airlines.
Beijing-Han Airlines
1922
1922
Founded by Cao Kun with a single Handley Page aircraft which fatally crashed 3 days after launch.[ 3]
CAAC Airlines
CA
CCA
CAAC
1952
1988
Airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China ; split into six airlines
CDI Cargo Airlines
GJ
CDC
CDI Cargo
2011
2013
Rebranded as Loong Air
Chang An Airlines
9H
CGN
CHANG AN
2000
2007
Merged with Shanxi Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines to form Grand China Air
China Air Cargo
CYN
1987
1993
Formed by CAAC Flying College . Integrated into Air China .
China Eastern Airlines Cargo
2002
2004
Was known as China Cargo Airlines before 2002, reverted to the original name
China General Aviation
GP
CTH
TONGHANG
1987
1997
Acquired by China Eastern Airlines
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)
1925
1952
Nationalized in 1949; merged into the People's Aviation Company of China in 1952
China Northern Airlines
CJ
CBF
CHINA NORTHERN
1990
2003
Merged into China Southern Airlines
China Northern Swan Airlines
1990
2000
Merged into China Southern Airlines Heilongjiang Branch
China Northwest Airlines
WH
CNW
CHINA NORTHWEST
1989
2003
Merged with China Yunnan Airlines into China Eastern Airlines
China Southwest Airlines
SZ
CXN
CHINA SOUTHWEST
1987
2002
Merged into Air China
China Xinhua Airlines
XW
CXH
XINHUA
1992
2007
Merged with Chang An Airlines and Shanxi Airlines to form Grand China Air
China Xinjiang Airlines
XO
CXJ
XINJIANG
1985
2003
Absorbed into China Southern Airlines
China Yunnan Airlines
3Q
CYH
YUNNAN
1992
2003
Merged with China Northwest Airlines into China Eastern Airlines
Chongging Airlines
1996
1996
Flew Boeing 737-200 aircraft and failed early causing the airline to cease on the same year.
Deer Jet
DF
DER
Jinlu Service Airlines
1995
2006
Renamed/merged to Deer Air
Donghai Airlines Cargo
J5
EPA
DONGHAI AIR
2006
2016
East Pacific Airlines
EPA Airways
2004
2006
Rebranded as Donghai Airlines
East Star Airlines
8C
DXH
EAST STAR
2005
2009
Went bankrupt
Eurasia Aviation Corporation
1925
1943
Sino-German joint airline
Fujian Airlines
IV
CFJ
1993
2001
Merged into XiamenAir
Grandstar Cargo
GD
GSC
GRANDSTAR CARGO
2008
2012
Great Wall Airlines
IJ
GWL
GREAT WALL
2006
2011
Merged with Shanghai Airlines Cargo into China Cargo Airlines
Guizhou Airlines
G4
CGH
GUIZHOU
1991
1998
Merged into China Southern Airlines
Hamiata
1939
1950
Sino-Soviet joint airline, taken over by SKOGA
Henan Airlines
VD
KPA
KUN PENG
2009
2010
Jade Cargo International
JI
JAE
JADE CARGO
2006
2011
Kunpeng Airlines
2007
2009
Rebranded as Henan Airlines
Manchurian Air Transport
Nanjing Airlines
1988
2003
Northeast Airlines
NS
DBH
DONGBEI AIR
2007
2010
Rebranded as Hebei Airlines
Shantou Airlines
Shanghai Airlines Cargo
F4
SHQ
SHANGHAI CARGO
2006
2011
Merged with Great Wall Airlines into China Cargo Airlines
Shanxi Airlines
8C
CXI
SHANXI
1988
2007
Merged with Chang An Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines to form Grand China Air
SKOGA
1950
1954
Sino-Soviet joint airline; came under Chinese control and replaced by CAAC
Swan Airlines
1992
1996
Taken over by China Northern Airlines
Tongyong Airlines
1990s
1997
Merged into China Eastern Airlines .
United Eagle Airlines (UEAir)
2005
2010
Rebranded as Chengdu Airlines
Uni-Top Airlines
UW
UTP
UNITOP
2009
2019
Wuhan Airlines
WU
CWU
WUHAN AIR
1986
2002
Merged into China Eastern Airlines
Yangtze River Express
Y8
YZR
YANGTZE RIVER
2003
2017
Rebranded as Suparna Airlines
Ying'an Airlines
YI
AYE
AIR YING AN
2005
2015
Zhejiang Airlines
CJG
ZHEJIANG
1986
2004
Absorbed into Air China
Zhongyuan Airlines
Z2
CYN
ZHONGYUAN
1986
2000
Acquired by China Southern Airlines
Zhuhai Airlines
CZ
1995
1996
Was a subsidiary of China Southern Airlines , restarted in 2015 using AOC from China Southern.