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China is a country in East Asia, the world's third largest country by area (after Russia and Canada) and the largest by population. It is bordered on the north by the Republic of Mongolia and Russia, on the northeast by Russia and North Korea, on the east by the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, on the south by the South China Sea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma), India, Bhutan, and Nepal, on the west by Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, and on the northwest by Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. China includes more than 3400 offshore islands. The total area of China is 9,571,300 sq km (3,695,500 sq mi), not including Hong Kong, Macau, and land under the control of the Republic of China on Taiwan. The capital of China is Beijing; the country's most populous urban centre is Shanghai.

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Airline Operating Dates IATA : ICAO Tree Status Update Reason

 Air Changan Airlines (ACA)

1992 - 2000 2Z : --- >Chang'an Airlines Renamed  

 Air China

1988 - 2013> CA : CCA Air China Active  

 Air China Cargo

2003 - 2013> CA : CAO   Active  

 Air Great Wall

1992* - 2001   >China Eastern Airlines Renamed  

 Air Spring

2005* ~ 2005*     Began?  

 Anhui Airlines

2008* ~ 2010*     Began?  

 Anui Airlines

2010* ~ 2010*     Began?  

 Beijing Airlines

2012 - 2013>     Active  

 Beiya Airlines

1993 - 2003   >China Southern Airlines Renamed  

 Bejing Airlines

2007 ~ 2007   >Henan Airlines Began?  

 Blue Skies

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China)

1964 - 1988 CA : --- >CAAC Renamed  

 Capital Airlines (Beijing Capital Airlines)

2010 - 2013> JD : CBJ Capital Airlines Active  

 CATC (Central Air Transport Corp.)

1943* - 1953*   >CAAC Renamed  

 CDI Cargo Airlines

2012 - 2013>     Active  

 CGAC (China General Aviation)

1989* - 1997 GP : CTH >China Eastern Airlines Renamed  

 Chang'an Airlines

2000 - 2013> 2Z : CGN Chang'an Airlines Active  

 Chengdu Airlines

2010 - 2013> EU : UEA Chengdu Airlines Active  

 China Air Cargo

1989* - 1989*     Inactive  

 China Cargo Airlines

1998 - 2013> CK : CKK China Cargo Airlines Active  

 China Civil Aviation Corporation

1964* - 1964   >CAAC Renamed  

 China Eastern Airlines

1988 - 2013> MU : CES China Eastern Airlines Active  

 China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu

1993 - 2013>     Active  

 China Eastern Airlines Wuhan

2002 - 2013> -- : CWU China Eastern Airlines Wuhan Active  

 China Eastern Xi Bei Airlines

2003 - 2006* WH : CNW China Eastern Xi Bei Airlines Status?  

 China Eastern Yunnan

2011 - 2013> 3Q : CYH China Eastern Yunnan Active  

 China Express Airlines

2006 - 2013> G5 : HXA   Active  

 China Flying Dragon (Feilong Airlines)

1981 - 2013> -- : CFA   Active  

 China Northern Airlines

1990 - 2003 CJ : CBF >China Southern Airlines Renamed  

 China Northern Swan Airlines

2003 - 2003   >China Southern Airlines Renamed  

 China Northwest

1989* - 2003   >China Eastern Xi Bei Airlines Renamed  

 China Postal Airlines

1997 - 2013> 8Y : CYZ   Active  

 China Sonangol International

2006* - 2013>     Active  

 China Southern Airlines

1989 - 2013> CZ : CSN China Southern Airlines Active  

 China Southwest Airlines

1987* - 2003   >Air China Renamed  

 China United Airlines

1986^ - 2013> KN : CUA   Active  

 China Xinhua Airlines

1993 - 2013> XW : CXH   Active  

 Chongging Airlines

1996* - 1996*     Inactive  

 Chongqing Airlines

2007 - 2013> OQ : CQN   Active  

 Dalian Airlines

2011 - 2013> CA : CCD   Active  

 Dapeng Airlines

1992* - 1992   >Chang'an Airlines Renamed  

 Datang Qili Airlines

2005* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Dazhong Airlines

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Deer Air

2006* - 2010 JD : DRA >Capital Airlines Renamed  

 Deer Jet Airlines (Deer Air)

2006 - 2013> DF : DER   Active  

 Donghai Airlines

2006 - 2013> J5 : EPA Donghai Airlines Active  

 Eagle United Airlines

2005* ~ 2005*     Began?  

 East Pacific Airlines

2004 - 2006   >Donghai Airlines Renamed  

 East Star Airlines

2006 - 2009 8C : DXH   Inactive  

 Eastern Express

2006* - 2006*   >Phoenix Airline Renamed  

 Eurasia

1930 - 1942   >CAAC Renamed  

 Fujian Airlines

1993* - 2002*     Status?  

 Fuzhou Airlines

2013 +     Planned  

 Grand China Air

2007^ - 2013> CN : GDC   Active  

 Grand China Express Air

2007 - 2009 GS : GCR >Tianjin Airlines Renamed  

 GrandStar Cargo International

2008 - 2012 GD : GSC   Inactive  

 Great Wall Airlines

2006 - 2011 IJ : GWL >China Cargo Airlines Renamed  

 Guangxi Airlines

1994* - 1996*     Inactive  

 Gugena

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Guizhou Airlines (Air Guizhou)

1991^ - 2013> C4 : CGH   Active  

 Hainan Airlines

1993 - 2013> HU : CHH Hainan Airlines Active  

 Hainan Province Airlines

1993 - 1993   >Hainan Airlines Renamed  

 Hainan VIP Flight Services

1995 - 2001*     Status?  

 Hamiata

1939^ - 1950   >CAAC Renamed  

 Hao Hai General Aviation Company

2011* - 2013>     Active  

 Happy Air

2008 - 2009*   Joy Air Renamed  

 Hebei Airlines

2010 - 2013> NS : HBH Hebei Airlines Active  

 Hefei Airlines

2013 +     Planned  

 Heilongjiang Airlines

2013 +     Planned  

 Henan Airlines

2009 - 2010 VD : KPA Henan Airlines Inactive  

 Huaxia Airlines

2007 - 2009* G5 : ---   Status?  

 IASC (Industrial Aviation Service Corp.)

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Inner Mongolian Airlines

1994 - 1995   >Air China Renamed  

 Jade Cargo International (Jade Air Cargo)

2006 - 2011 J1 : JAE   Inactive  

 Jasmine Airways

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Jetwin Cargo Airline

2002 - 2004   >Donghai Airlines Renamed  

 Jet-Yl

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Jiangnan General Aviation

1990* - 2006*     Status?  

 Joy Air (Xingfu Airlines)

2009 - 2013> JR : --- Joy Air Active  

 Juneyao Airlines

2006 - 2013> HO : DKH   Active  

 Kunming Airlines

2009 - 2013> KY : KNA   Active  

 Kunpeng Airlines

2007 - 2009 VD : KPA >Henan Airlines Renamed  

 Longjiang Airlines

2012 ~ 2012     Began?  

 Longken General Aviation

1988* - 1999*     Status?  

 Lucky Air

2006 - 2013> 8L : LKE Lucky Air Active  

 Manchurian Air Transport (MKKK Manshu Koko Kabushiki Kaisha)

Mid 1930s     Inactive  

 Meiya Air

2012* - 2013>     Active  

 Ming Airlines

**** - ****     Status?  

 Nanjing Airlines

1994^ - 2003*     Status?  

 Nanshan Jet

2011 - 2013>     Active  

 Ningxia Cargo Airlines

2012 ~ 2012     Began?  

 Northeast Airlines

2007 - 2010 NS : DBH >Hebei Airlines Renamed  

 Northern Air Sanya

1994* - 1994* QB : ---   Inactive  

 Okay Airways (Ao'Kai Airlines)

2005 - 2013> BK : OKA   Active  

 Pan Asia Airways

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Phoenix Airline

2007* ~ 2010*   Phoenix Airline Began?  

 Qiantang Airways

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Qingdao Airlines

2013 +     Planned  

 Rainbow Cargo Airlines

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Rainbow Jet

2002* - 2006*     Status?  

 Ruili Airlines

2013 +     Planned New airline

 SF Airlines (ShunFeng Airlines)

2009 - 2013> O3 : CSS   Active  

 Shaanxi Delong United Airlines

2006* ~ 2006*     Began?  

 Shandong Airlines

1994 - 2013> SC : CDG   Active  

 Shanghai Airlines

1985 - 2013> FM : CSH   Active  

 Shanghai Airlines Cargo International

2006 - 2011 F4 : SHQ >China Cargo Airlines Renamed  

 Shanghai-Chengtu Airways

Early 1930s     Status?  

 Shangyang General Aviation Company

1998* - 2001*     Status?  

 Shantou Airlines

1993^ - 2003*     Status?  

 Shanxi Airlines

2001 - 2013> 8C : CXI   Active  

 Shenzhen Airlines

1993 - 2013> ZH : CSZ   Active  

 Shilin Airlines

2006* ~ 2006*   >Lucky Air Began?  

 Shuangyang Aviation

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Sichuan Airlines

1988 - 2013> 3U : CSC Sichuan Airlines Active  

 Sichuan Provincial Airlines

1986* - 1990 3U : CSC >Sichuan Airlines Renamed  

 Silk Route Airways

2006* ~ 2006*     Began?  

 SKOGA (People's Aviation Corp. of China)

1950 - 1964   >CAAC Renamed  

 Spring Airlines

2005 - 2013> 9S : CQH   Active  

 Swan Airlines

1992* - 1996*   >China Southern Airlines Renamed  

 Tianjin Airline

1996* - 2006*     Inactive  

 Tianjin Airlines

2009 - 2013> GS : GDC Tianjin Airlines Active  

 Tibet Airlines

1999* - 2000     Inactive  

 Tibet Airlines

2011 - 2013> TV : ---   Active  

 Tibetan Airlines

2004* ~ 2004*     Began?  

 United Eagle Airlines

2005 - 2010 EU : UEA >Chengdu Airlines Renamed  

 Uni-Top Airlines

2009 - 2013> UW : UTP   Active  

 Urumqi Airlines

2013 +     Planned  

 West Air (China West Air)

2007 - 2013> PN : CHB   Active  

 Western Airlines

2005* ~ 2005*     Began?  

 Wuhan Air Lines (Wuhan Air Transport)

1986 - 2002 WU : CWU >China Eastern Airlines Wuhan Renamed  

 Xiamen Air

2012 - 2013> MF : CXA Xiamen Air Active  

 Xiamen Airlines

1992 - 2012 MF : CXA >Xiamen Air Renamed  

 Xiedu Airlines

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Xinjiang Airlines

1985* - 2004   >China Southern Airlines Renamed  

 Yangtze River Express

2003 - 2013> Y8 : YZR   Active  

 Ying'an Airlines

2005* - 2013>     Active  

 Yunnan Airlines

1992^ - 2002 3Q : CYH >China Eastern Yunnan Renamed  

 Yunnan Airlines

2008* ~ 2009*     Began?  

 Zhejiang Airlines

1990^ - 2003 -- : CJG >Air China Renamed  

 Zhongfei Airlines

1993^ - 2006* -- : CFZ   Status?  

 Zhongyan Airlines

1986^ - 2000 Z2 : CYN >China Southern Airlines Renamed  

 Zhuhai Airlines

1996* - 1996*     Inactive  

 ZYB Lily Jet

2008 - 2013> -- : MZT   Active  

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