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BACKGROUND

Background• Flag carrier and one of the major airlines of the People’s Republic of

China; is headquartered in Shunyi District, Beijing.

• Its main hub is Beijing Capital International Airport.

• Its enterprise logo is made up of an artistic phoenix pattern, with its name written in lettering by former national leader Deng Xiaoping and AIR CHINA in English.

• The phoenix logo is additionally the artistic transformation of the word VIP.

• Member of Star Alliance since December 2007.

• Carried 51 million passengers, both domestic and international, in 2013, with a normal load factor of 81%.

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HUBS AND FOCUS CITIES

Hubs• Beijing Capital International Airport

• Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

• Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Focus cities • Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport

• Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

• Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport

• Hanggszhou Xiaoshan International Airport

• Hohhot Baita International Airport

• Lhasa Gonggar Airport

• Tianjin Binhai International Airport

• Wuhan Tianhe International Airport

CORPORATE AFFAIRS

Corporate Affairs• The entity Air China Limited was registered in 2003; on December 15,

2004, its shares started trading in Hong Kong and London.

• The airline company entity initially was Air China International, founded in 2002.

• Air China International merged with China Southwest Airlines and the air transport services of the China National Aviation Company, and became a new entity.

• The Air China Headquarters Building, the company headquarters, is located in Zone A of the Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone in Shunyi District, Beijing.

• The airline’s registered office is located on the ninth floor of the Blue Sky Mansion, also in Zone A of the Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone.

Air China Headquarters Building

DESTINATIONS

Destinations • The route network of Air China extends all over Asia to the Middle East, Western

Europe, and North America via its biggest hub at Beijing Capital International Airport; additionally, the airline currently reaches a considerable number of Asian, Australian, and European destinations via Shanghai.

• Some international routes operate via Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Kunming, and Xiamen.

• Air China started serving its first destination in South America, São Paulo (from Madrid) on 10 December 2006; this was the airline’s longest direct flight.

• The service was launched with Boeing 737-300 aircraft, but because of increasing demands, the service has been advanced to the Airbus A330-200.

Destinations Map

CODESHARE AGREEMENTS

Codeshare Agreements• As of April 2014, Air China has codeshare agreements with these

airlines:

• Air Canada

• Air Macau

• Air New Zealand

• ANA

• Asiana Airlines

• Austrian Airlines

• Cathay Pacific

• Dragonair

• EgyptAir

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CODESHARE AGREEMENTS (CONT.)

Codeshare agreements• El Al

• Ethiopian Airlines

• EVA Air

• Finnair

• Hawaiian Airlines

• LOT Polish Airlines

• Lufthansa

• Scandinavian Airlines

• Shandong Airlines

• Shenzhen Airlines

• South African Airways

• TAP Portugal

Codeshare agreements (cont.)

• Tibet Airlines

• Turkish Airlines

• Uni Air

• United Airlines

• Virgin Atlantic

AIR CHINA BOEING 777-300ER IN STAR ALLIANCE LIVERY

PHOENIX MILES

• Air China’s frequent flyer program is Phoenix Miles; it is the first frequent flyer program started in China.

• It was created to reward frequent flyers traveling (either internationally or domestically) with Air China and its partners.

• Members receive mileages for traveling on Air China, its affiliated partners, and partner airlines; the companion card may be promoted to VIP status.

• There are unique redemption rates for VIP members (Gold card members and Platinum card members):

• Silver card members (Star Alliance Silver): receive 25% mileage bonus on eligible flights

• Gold card members (Star Alliance Gold): receive 30% mileage bonus on eligible flights

• Platinum card members (Star Alliance Gold): receive 50% mileage bonus on eligible flights

AIR CHINA CARGO

Air China Cargo• Air China Cargo is an airline headquartered in Shunyi District, Beijing

District, China.

• It is an all-cargo subsidiary of Air China, operating scheduled freighter services to twenty cities in ten countries worldwide.

• Its largest hub, as with Air China, is Beijing Capital International Airport.

• It was founded on 12 December 2003 and began operations shortly afterward.

• It is owned by Air China, its parent company (51%), CITIC Pacific (25%), and Beijing Capital International (24%), and has almost 4,000 employees as of March 2013.

• Air China and Cathay Pacific announced the merging of their cargo business to the new Air China Cargo.

Air China Cargo Boeing 747-400F

THE END

The End • YouTube links:

• China Airlines Safety Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaV8-8f4ro8

• Air China: Be our guests commercial (2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCdxrwDQKI

• I love to fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUDDB_iHRqI

Air China Airbus A330-200