China General Aviation

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China General Aviation
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A China General Aviation Yakovlev Yak-42
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Commenced operations1987
Ceased operationsOctober 1998 (merged into China Eastern Airlines)
Operating bases Taiyuan Wusu International Airport
Fleet sizeSee Fleet below
Headquarters Taiyuan, China
Key peopleZhang Changjing (President)
Wan Z Yi (Vice-president)
Employees3,791 (1998)

China General Aviation (Corporation - CGAC) was an airline based in Taiyuan Wusu International Airport, China. It operated a fleet of 8 Yakovlev Yak-42D and later 3 Boeing 737-300 aircraft. It was acquired by China Eastern Airlines in 1997. [1]

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Fleet

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A China General Aviation Xian Y-7-100.

Throughout the airline's operation, China General Aviation operated the following aircraft: [2] [3]

AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Antonov An-2 Un­knownUn­known1998
Antonov An-12 119871992
Antonov An-30 219881998
Beechcraft King Air Un­knownUn­known1998
Bell 212 Un­knownUn­known1998
Boeing 737-300 319971998B-2977, B-2978, B-2979
Its 3 Boeing 737-300 aircraft were transferred to China Eastern Airlines.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 819871998
Ilyushin Il-14 Un­knownUn­known1998
Yakovlev Yak-42D 819921998B-2751, B-2752, B-2753, B-2754, B-2755, B-2756, B-2757, B-2758
Yunshuji Y-7-100 3Un­knownUn­known

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. "致逝去的光辉历史 曾经的"中国通用航空公司"" [To the glorious history of the past, the former "China General Aviation Company"] (in Chinese). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. "World Airline Directory 1998". Flightglobal. 1–7 April 1998. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  3. "CGAC China General Aviation". rzjets. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  4. "ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-42D B-2755 Nanking Airport (NKG)". Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  5. "100 Killed in Chinese Plane Crash". Los Angeles Times. 2 August 1992. Retrieved 12 September 2012.