Headquartered in Beijing, Air China has branches in Southwest China, Zhejiang, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia and Tianjin, Shanghai base and South China base, as well as engineering technology branch and business jet branch, holding Beijing Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd. (Ameco), China International Freight Aviation Co., Ltd. and Beijing Aviation Food Company. Air China also shares in Shenzhen Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airlines and other enterprises, and is the largest shareholder of Shandong Airlines, holding Air Macau Limited. While continuing to run the Beijing hub well, Air China has vigorously strengthened regional hubs such as West China with Chengdu as the center, East China with Shanghai as the center and South China with Guangzhou as the center.
Air China has carried out extensive cooperation with domestic and foreign airlines, and implemented code sharing with 19 airlines such as Lufthansa, United Airlines, Dragonair and All Nippon Airways, signed SPA cooperation agreements with 84 foreign airlines, and implemented code sharing with domestic airlines such as Shanghai Airlines. Air China effectively connects international routes and domestic routes, supports the network layout of international and international routes, and can provide convenient direct and transit flights for passengers. Air China has invested heavily in the renovation of software and hardware service facilities such as first-class and business-class seats of wide-body long-range aircraft such as Boeing 747 and Airbus A340. After the transformation, the new first class, business class box seats and entertainment services have improved the service quality. In 2007, Air China officially joined the international aviation alliance-Star Alliance.
Air China has an engineering technology branch to provide technical support for Air China's aircraft. The branch has 6 bases, 3 joint ventures, 3 centers, 1 13 terminals and more than 8,000 engineers and technicians. It not only provides safe and reliable aircraft and flight maintenance tasks for Air China's flight safety operation, but also provides maintenance services for more than 80 airlines around the world. Beijing Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd. (Ameco) is a joint venture between China International Airlines and Lufthansa. It is the first aircraft maintenance company in China to pass the certification of CAAC, FAA and european aviation safety agency, and the maintenance license issued by other countries. It can provide domestic and foreign customers with route maintenance and overhaul of Boeing and Airbus series aircraft, as well as overhaul services of various engines, which is the largest in China.
The flight training center under China International Airlines is a teaching and training institution that uses a full-mission flight simulator and a computer-based trainer to train pilots. Have the comprehensive training ability to carry out pilot transfer training, regular retraining and flight inspection around Boeing's main aircraft. The flight training brigade located in Tianjin Binhai International Airport is dedicated to the field training of pilots. There is a crew training center for training flight attendants. The teachers in the center have senior flight attendant titles, teaching qualifications of International Air Transport Association (IATA) and teacher qualifications recognized by International Air Transport Association (CRM). In addition to being responsible for the systematic training of air China flight attendants, they also train students for domestic and foreign airlines and provide training services for postal services, hotels, railways, road transport, banks, hospitals, insurance, telecommunications and other industries.
By the end of 20 1 1 10, Air China had 277 aircraft of various types, mainly Boeing and Airbus series. By the end of 2005, Air China had achieved a total transportation turnover of 7.44 billion tons kilometers. Passenger traffic was 27.69 million passengers; The cargo and mail transportation volume is 733,000 tons. It is open to 22 countries and regions, including nearly 40 international cities and more than 70 domestic cities, with 4 160 scheduled flights per week. By the end of 2005, Air China had 102 sales offices and independent sales agents at home and abroad.
Air China is an air passenger transport partner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Three Boeing 737-700 aircraft numbered B-520 1, B-5202, B-52 1 1 were dressed in Olympic painting and named as "Beijing Olympic Aircraft"; Three planes, including Boeing 737-800 numbered B-5 177, were dressed up as Olympic dream paintings and named as "Olympic Lucky Aircraft". China International Airlines chose an Airbus A330 with registration number B-6075 as the special plane for overseas torch relay of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for painting, and named it "Olympic Flame Aircraft". In 2008, in order to enhance Air China's brand awareness and reputation, China International Airlines Co., Ltd. cooperated with the brand promotion of Air China's high-end two-cabin products-Zijin First Class and Chenzi Business Class, and sprayed the sister painting aircraft "Zijin Aircraft" and "Chenzi Aircraft". On June 5438+February, 2008, Sichuan Province and Air China Southwest Branch jointly launched the "Beautiful Sichuan Aircraft" which represents Sichuan's regional culture, and promoted Sichuan's local tourism with painted pattern aircraft with Sichuan local characteristics. In 2009, Jinxiu Hubei painted plane was launched.