CAAC (airline)
CAAC Boeing 747-200B(M) at Zurich Airport in 1986 | |||||||
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| Founded | 17 July 1952 (as the People's Aviation Company of China) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 9 June 1953 (as CAAC) | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1 February 1991 (split into six airlines) | ||||||
| Hubs | Beijing–Capital Chengdu–Shuangliu Guangzhou–Baiyun Shanghai–Hongqiao Shenyang–Dongta Xi'an–Xiguan | ||||||
| Fleet size | 273 | ||||||
| Destinations | 85 cities in 25 countries (1987) | ||||||
| Parent company | China's State Council | ||||||
| Headquarters | Beijing, China | ||||||
| Key people | Director of the General Office | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国民航 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國民航 | ||||||||||
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CAAC (中国民航), formerly the People's Aviation Company of China (中国人民航空公司), was the airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the monopoly civil airline in the People's Republic of China. It was founded on 17 July 1952, and merged into CAAC on 9 June 1953.
Between 1987 and 1991, the monopoly was broken up and CAAC was split into six regional airlines, which later consolidated into China's Big Three airlines: Beijing-based Air China, Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines, and Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines.