List of defunct airlines of China

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This is a list of defunct airlines of China . [1] [2]

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Defunct airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO CallsignCommenced operationsCeased operationsNotes
Air Great Wall Air Great Wall Boeing 737-200 Davey.jpg G8CGWGREAT WALL19922001Formed 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. [3]
Beijing-Han Airlines19221922Founded by Cao Kun with a single Handley Page aircraft which fatally crashed 3 days after launch. [4]
CAAC CAAC Boeing 747SP B-2444 CDG 1981-10-26.png CACCACAAC19521991Airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China; split into six airlines [5]
CDI Cargo Airlines GJCDCCDI Cargo20112013Rebranded as Loong Air [6]
China Air Cargo Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules Air China B-3002, TSN Tianjin (Zhangguizhuang), China PP1334740243.jpg CYN19881993Formed by CAAC Flying College. Integrated into Air China.
China Eastern Airlines Cargo 145bs - China Eastern Airlines Cargo MD-11F, B-2170@CDG,11.08.2001 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg 20022004Was known as China Cargo Airlines before 2002, reverted to the original name
China General Aviation China General Aviation Yakovlev Yak-42 Maiwald.jpg GPCTHTONGHANG19871998Acquired by China Eastern Airlines [7]
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) CAT Convair 240 XT-610, Beijing Aviation Museum (26474581435).jpg 19251952Nationalized in 1949; merged into the People's Aviation Company of China in 1952 [8] [9]
China Northern Airlines China Northern Airlines MD-82.JPG CJCBFCHINA NORTHERN19902004Merged into China Southern Airlines [10]
China Northern Swan Airlines 19962003Merged into China Southern Airlines Heilongjiang Branch [10]
China Northwest Airlines China Northwest BAe 146-300 JetPix.jpg WHCNWCHINA NORTHWEST19892003Merged with China Yunnan Airlines into China Eastern Airlines [11]
China Southwest Airlines China Southwest Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M Maiwald.jpg SZCXNCHINA SOUTHWEST19872002Merged into Air China [12]
China Xinhua Airlines Boeing 737-332, China Xinhua Airlines AN0135897.jpg XWCXHXINHUA19922007Merged with Chang An Airlines and Shanxi Airlines to form Grand China Air [13]
China Xinjiang Airlines Ilyushin IL-86 China Xinjiang Airlines B-2019, PEK Beijing (Peking) (Capital), China PP1167229906.jpg XOCXJXINJIANG19852003Absorbed into China Southern Airlines [14]
China Yunnan Airlines 737 China Yunnan Airlines.jpg 3QCYHYUNNAN19922003Merged with China Northwest Airlines into China Eastern Airlines [15]
Deer Jet B-6193 Airbus A319 Deer Air (7338334806).jpg DFDERJinlu Service Airlines19952006Renamed/merged to Deer Air [16]
Donghai Airlines Cargo Donghai Airlines Boeing 737-300 Spijkers.jpg J5EPADONGHAI AIR20062016 [17]
East Pacific Airlines EPA Airways20042006Rebranded as Donghai Airlines [18]
East Star Airlines East Star Air Airbus A319 Li Pang.jpg 8CDXHEAST STAR20052009Went bankrupt [19]
Eurasia Aviation Corporation CF-AQW ski plane (10842005323).jpg 19251943 Sino-German joint airline [20]
Fujian Airlines IVCFJ19931994Merged into XiamenAir [21]
Grandstar Cargo Boeing 747 Grandstar Cargo B-2427 HKG May 2009.jpg GDGSCGRANDSTAR CARGO20082012Merged into Uni-Top Airlines [22]
Great Wall Airlines Great Wall Airlines Boeing 747-400 KvW.jpg IJGWLGREAT WALL20062011Merged with Shanghai Airlines Cargo into China Cargo Airlines [23]
Guizhou Airlines G4CGHGUIZHOU19911998Merged into China Southern Airlines [24]
Hamiata

(Sino-Soviet Aviation Corporation)

19391950Sino-Soviet joint airline, taken over by SKOGA [25] [26]
Henan Airlines Aeroporto de sao jose dos campos retouched.jpg VDKPAKUN PENG20092010Bankruptcy and ceased after the Henan Airlines Flight 8387 incident [27]
Jade Cargo International Boeing 747-4EVF-ER-SCD, Jade Cargo International AN1906975.jpg JIJAEJADE CARGO20062011Bankruptcy [28]
Joy Air Joy Air Xian MA-60 at Hefei Airport.jpg JRJOYJOY AIR20092025Operational and financial difficulties. [29]
Kunpeng Airlines B-3133 Embraer 190 Kunpeng Airlines (7338430138).jpg VDKPAKUNPENG AIR20072009Rebranded as Henan Airlines [30]
Manchuria Aviation Company RH19311945Dissolved after the fall of Manchukuo [20]
Nanjing Airlines 3WCNJ19882003Merged into parent company China Eastern Airlines [31]
Northeast Airlines NSDBHDONGBEI AIR20072010Rebranded as Hebei Airlines [32]
OTT Airlines B-620G@PEK (20201231183628).jpg JFOTTOTT AIRLINES20202024Merged into parent company China Eastern Airlines [33]
Shanghai Airlines Cargo Shanghai Airlines Cargo Boeing 757-200 Tang.jpg F4SHQSHANGHAI CARGO20062011Merged with Great Wall Airlines into China Cargo Airlines [34]
Shanxi Airlines B-5135 - Shanxi Airlines - Boeing 737-84P(WL) - PEK (15011719160).jpg 8CCXISHANXI19882007Merged with Chang An Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines to form Grand China Air [13]
SKOGA СКОГА19501954 Sino-Soviet joint airline; came under Chinese control and replaced by CAAC [35]
Swan Airlines 19911996Taken over by China Northern Airlines [10]
United Eagle Airlines (UEAir) UEAir.jpg EUUEAUNITED EAGLE20052010Rebranded as Chengdu Airlines [36] [37]
Uni-Top Airlines Boeing 747-2J6F(SCD) Uni-top Airlines, LUX Luxembourg (Findel), Luxembourg PP1353859501.jpg UWUTPUNITOP20092019Bankruptcy [38]
Wuhan Airlines 737-300 Wuhan Airlines.jpg WUCWUWUHAN AIR19862002Merged into China Eastern Airlines [39] [40]
Yangtze River Express Yangtze River Express Boeing 747-400 Janura.jpg Y8YZRYANGTZE RIVER20032017Rebranded as Suparna Airlines [41]
Ying'an Airlines YingAn Airlines Xian MA60 at Chongqing Jiangbei.jpg YIAYEAIR YING AN20052015Air Carrier Operating Certificate Revoked [42]
Zhejiang Airlines CJGZHEJIANG19862004Absorbed into Air China [43]
Zhongyuan Airlines Boeing 737-37K, Zhongyuan Airlines AN0208148.jpg Z2CYNZHONGYUAN19862000Acquired by China Southern Airlines [44]

See also

References

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