Airline: | Air China Cargo 中国国际货运航空公司 |
Fleet Size: | 14 |
Destinations: | 36 |
Iata: | CA |
Icao: | CAO |
Callsign: | AIR CHINA FREIGHT |
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Headquarters: | Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi District, Beijing, China |
Air China Cargo Co., Ltd. is a cargo airline of the People's Republic of China with its headquarters in Shunyi District in Beijing.[1] It is an all-cargo subsidiary of Air China and operates scheduled freighter services to 20 cities in 10 countries around the world. Its main base is Beijing Capital International Airport.[2]
The airline was established in 2003 and started operations shortly thereafter. It is owned by Air China (51%), CITIC Pacific (25%) and Beijing Capital International (24%) and has around 4,000 employees (as of March 2013).[2]
In May 2011, Air China and Cathay Pacific announced the consolidation of their cargo business to the new Air China Cargo.[3]
Air China Cargo serves the following airports as of January 2018:[4]
, Air China Cargo fleet consists of the following freighter aircraft:[8]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Notes | |
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Airbus A330-200/P2F | 1 | 7 | Deliveries from 2023.[9] [10] Converted from Air China aircraft. | |
Boeing 747-400F | 3 | - | ||
Boeing 757-200PCF | 1 | - | ||
Boeing 777F | 9 | 4 | ||
Total | 14 | 11 |
The Air China Cargo retired fleet consists of the following freighter aircraft:[11]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Boeing 747-200F | 1 | 1990 | 2011 | Sold to Uni-Top Airlines |
Boeing 747-200SF | 3 | 1997 | 2010 | Sold to MK Airlines and Uni-Top Airlines |
Boeing 747-400BCF | 6 | 2009 | 2014 | Five aircraft are stored |
Boeing 747-400BDSF | 2 | 2006 | 2014 | Sold to ACT Airlines |
Tupolev Tu-204-120CE | 1 | 2008 | 2011 | Converted to a tanker |