Air China Cargo

Infobox_Airline
airline=Air China Cargo
中国国际货运航空有限公司
logo=Air_China_logo.png| logo_size=200fleet_size=12 (+3 orders)
destinations=36
IATA=CA
ICAO=CAO
callsign=AIRCHINA FREIGHT
parent=Air China (51%)
founded=1988
headquarters=Beijing, China
key_people=
hubs=Beijing Capital International Airport
focus_cities=
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=| website= http://www.airchina.com.cn

Air China Cargo Co., Ltd. is a cargo airline based in Beijing, China. It is an all-cargo subsidiary of Air China and operates services to 36 cities in 27 countries around the world. Its main base is Beijing Capital International Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 55 | date= 2007-03-27] .

History

The airline was established on 12 December 2003 and started operations in 2003. It is owned by Air China (51%), CITIC Pacific (25%) and Beijing Capital International (24%) and has 1,818 employees (at March 2007).

Destinations

The freighters are used on Air China Cargo's routes between China and North America. Fact|date=April 2007. A new route recently opened is a three times weekly service to Manchester Airport in the United Kingdom using the Boeing 747-400F (September 2007)

;China
*Beijing (Beijing Capital International Airport) Hub
*Chengdu (Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport)
*Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport);Europe
*Copenhagen (Copenhagen Airport)
*Frankfurt (Frankfurt Airport)
*Manchester (Manchester Airport);USA
*Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport)
*Chicago (O'Hare International Airport)
*Dallas (Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport)
*Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport)
*New York (John F. Kennedy International Airport)
*Portland (Portland International Airport)
*Nashville (Nashville International Airport)

Fleet

The Air China Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

Ordered aircraft

*3 Tupolev 204-120CE

On 29 July 2004, Boeing confirmed an order by Air China Cargo for two Boeing 747-400 Freighters, valued at approximately $400 million at list prices. The first aircraft was scheduled for delivery in November 2005, followed by the second delivery in March 2006.

See also

*Air China

External links

* [http://www.airchina.com.cn Air China]

References