Air China Limited is the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China and one of the "Big Three" mainland Chinese airlines. Air China's headquarters are in Shunyi District,Beijing. Air China's flight operations are based primarily at Beijing Capital International Airport. In 2017,the airline carried 102 million domestic and international passengers with an average load factor of 81%. The airline joined Star Alliance in 2007.
China Southern Airlines Company Limited,also known as China Southern,is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District,Guangzhou,Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of the CAAC Airlines that acquired and merged a number of domestic airlines,the airline became one of China's "Big Three" airlines,the world's sixth-largest airline measured by passengers carried and Asia's largest airline in fleet size,revenue,and passengers carried. With its main hubs at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport,the airline operates more than 2,000 flights to more than 200 destinations daily and was a member of SkyTeam until 1 January 2019. The airline started a frequent flyer program partnership with American Airlines in March 2019. The logo of the airline consists of a kapok flower on a blue tail fin. The company slogan is Fly towards your dreams.
Xiamen Air also known as Xiamen Airlines,is an airline based in Xiamen,China. Xiamen Air has its northern headquarters in Beijing and eight branches in Fuzhou,Hangzhou,Tianjin,Hunan,Beijing,Quanzhou,Chongqing and Shanghai,and two subsidiaries in Hebei Airlines and Jiangxi Airlines. Founded on July 25,1984,Xiamen Airlines is the first airline in China to operate independently as an enterprise. It was established as a joint venture between the Shanghai Administration of Civil Aviation Administration of China,Xiamen Special Economic Zone Construction Development Company and Fujian Investment Enterprise Company. The shareholders are China Southern Airlines Corporation (55%),Xiamen C&D Group (34%) and Fujian Investment and Development Group (11%). The current chairman of Xiamen Airlines is Zhao Dong and the general manager is Wang Zhixue.
Sichuan Airlines Co.,Ltd. is a Chinese airline based in Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu,Sichuan Province,and is the largest airline in western China,operating mainly scheduled domestic and international flights out of Chengdu Shuangliu Airport,Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and Kunming Changshui International Airport. Sichuan Airlines is also the first airline in mainland China to operate Airbus A320 and the first batch of airlines in mainland China to receive Airbus A350.
Flynas,stylized flynas,formerly Nas Air,is a private Saudi low-cost airline "Joint-stock company",It is the first low-cost airline in Saudi Arabia. The company's headquarters is located in Riyadh. It operates more than 1,500 flights per week to more than 70 domestic and international destinations in the Middle East,Asia,Europe and Africa. It takes King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh,King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah,King Fahd International Airport in Dammam,and Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah as centers for its operations. Its fleet consists of 60 aircraft until November 2023.
Air Changan is a Chinese domestic airline. Its main operating base is Xi'an Xianyang International Airport,serving several cities in Shaanxi Province. Initially an independent carrier,Air Changan merged with Hainan Airlines in 2000 and was later absorbed into that airline. Air Changan resumed service as an independent airline in May 2016,providing flights to four Chinese cities with three Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Helvetic Airways,previously named Odette Airways,is a Swiss regional airline headquartered in Kloten with its fleet stationed at Zurich Airport. It operates flights to destinations in Europe and Northern Africa,mainly leisure markets,on its own behalf,as well as scheduled flights on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines and Lufthansa,using their fleet of Embraer 190s and Embraer 190-E2s.
InterGlobe Aviation Limited,doing business as IndiGo,is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon,Haryana,India. It is the largest airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size,with a 63.4% domestic market share as of July 2023. It is also the largest individual Asian low-cost carrier in terms of jet fleet size and passengers carried,and the largest carrier in Asia. It carried over 300+ million passengers as of November 2022. It operates 2,000 daily flights,as of December 2023,to 118 destinations –85 domestic and 33 international. It has its primary hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport,Delhi.
Sky Airline,styled as SꓘY,is an airline based at Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago,Chile. It is the second largest airline in the country behind flag-carrier LATAM Airlines and the first airline to operate under a low-cost model in the country. It serves international routes to Argentina,Brazil,Peru and Uruguay. It also operates charter flights in Chile and South America and domestic flights within Peru.
Air Cairo is a hybrid airline based in Cairo,Egypt. The airline is part owned by Egyptair. Air Cairo operates scheduled flights to the Middle East and Europe and also operates charter flights to Egypt from Europe on behalf of tour operators. Its base is Cairo International Airport,Sharm El Sheikh International Airport and Hurghada International Airport with the company head office located in the Sheraton Heliopolis Zone.
Juneyao Air,formerly known as Juneyao Airlines,is an airline headquartered in Shanghai,operating both domestic and international services from two airports. The company was founded in 2005 as a subsidiary of Shanghai JuneYao (Group) Co.,Ltd,and started operations in September 2006. It reported a net profit of about CNY1.05 billion in 2015.
Chongqing Airlines is an airline based in Chongqing,China. It operates both domestic passenger services within mainland China and international passenger services to Sri Lanka,Thailand,Vietnam and Singapore.
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A is a Brazilian airline headquartered in Barueri,a suburb of São Paulo. The company's business model is to stimulate demand by providing frequent and affordable air service to underserved markets throughout Brazil. The company was named Azul after a naming contest in 2008,where "Samba" was the other popular name. Azul is a publicly traded company on the Brazilian stock exchange,with the ticker AZUL4. It was established on 5 May 2008 by Brazilian-born David Neeleman,with a fleet of 76 Embraer 195 jets. The airline began service on 15 December 2008.
Air Costa was an Indian regional airline headquartered in Vijayawada and based out of Chennai International Airport. It was owned by Indian business company LEPL Group. The airline commenced operations as a regional airline in October 2013 using two Embraer E-170 aircraft,with the first flight taking off from Chennai on 16 October 2013. The airline received a permit for pan-India operations in October 2016. The airline focused on connectivity between tier II and tier III cities in the country,and invested ₹600 crore (US$75 million) as of 2015. Air Costa operated 32 daily flights to nine destinations from its focus cities Chennai and Vijayawada as of 2015. The airline had a maintenance center in Chennai. On 28 February 2017,it suspended operations until further notice.
Qingdao Airlines is a startup Chinese airline that commenced operations on 26 April 2014. The carrier is based at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport.
Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines,or simply GX Airlines,is a Chinese airline based at Nanning Wuxu International Airport. It is a joint venture between Tianjin Airlines and the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Investment Group. GX Airlines commenced operations on 13 February 2015 as one of the first airlines based in Guangxi.
Air Guilin is a Chinese airline with its headquarters in Xiufeng District,Guilin,Guangxi,and with Guilin Liangjiang International Airport as its main base of flight operations. A joint venture between the Guilin Municipal Government and HNA Group,the airline began operations in June 2016 using Airbus A319 aircraft. It intends to boost the tourism industry in Guilin.
Yunnan Ying'an Airlines,branded as Ying'an Airlines,was a Chinese regional airline based at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guizhou. It operated flights throughout Yunnan Province as well as in Guizhou Province using a single Xian MA60 aircraft.
Air Travel is a Chinese airline operating domestic flights from its Changsha Huanghua International Airport hub in Hunan Province. The airline launched operations in May 2016 as Hongtu Airlines and rebranded to "Air Travel" in 2018. The airline moved to Hunan from Yunnan in 2020.
