List of defunct airlines of China

This is a list of defunct airlines of China.

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations NotesAirAsia China 20172018Never launchedAir Great WallG8CGW GREAT WALL19922001Formed by CAAC Flying College. 55% stake acquired in 2000 by China Eastern Airlines, and reorganized in 2001 as the Ningbo branch of China Eastern Airlines. Merged into China Eastern Airlines.Beijing-Han Airlines19221922Founded by Cao Kun with a single Handley Page aircraft which fatally crashed 3 days after launch.CAACCACCACAAC19521991Airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China; split into six airlinesCDI Cargo AirlinesGJCDCCDI Cargo20112013Rebranded as Loong AirChina Air Cargo CYN 19881993Formed by CAAC Flying College. Integrated into Air China.China Eastern Airlines Cargo 20022004Was known as China Cargo Airlines before 2002, reverted to the original nameChina General AviationGPCTHTONGHANG19871998Acquired by China Eastern AirlinesChina National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) 19251952Nationalized in 1949; merged into the People's Aviation Company of China in 1952China Northern AirlinesCJCBFCHINA NORTHERN19902004Merged into China Southern AirlinesChina Eastern Yunnan Airlines 20112026Merged into China Eastern Airlines.China Northwest AirlinesWHCNWCHINA NORTHWEST19892003Merged with China Yunnan Airlines into China Eastern AirlinesChina Southwest AirlinesSZCXNCHINA SOUTHWEST19872002Merged into Air China"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 1–7 April 1998. 57. "Shuangliu Airport, Chengdu, 610202, Sichuan, China"China Xinhua AirlinesXWCXHXINHUA19922007Merged with Chang An Airlines and Shanxi Airlines to form Grand China AirChina Xinjiang AirlinesXOCXJXINJIANG19852003Absorbed into China Southern AirlinesChina Yunnan Airlines3QCYHYUNNAN19922003Merged with China Northwest Airlines into China Eastern AirlinesDeer JetDFDERJinlu Service Airlines19952006Renamed/merged to Deer Air Donghai Airlines Cargo J5 EPA DONGHAI AIR 2006 2016East Pacific Airlines EPA Airways20042006Rebranded as Donghai AirlinesEast Star Airlines8CDXHEAST STAR20052009Went bankruptEurasia Aviation Corporation 19251943Sino-German joint airlineFujian Airlines IVCFJ 19931994Merged into XiamenAirGrandstar CargoGDGSCGRANDSTAR CARGO20082012Merged into Uni-Top AirlinesGreat Wall AirlinesIJGWLGREAT WALL20062011Merged with Shanghai Airlines Cargo into China Cargo Airlines"中国国内最大货运航空公司正式挂牌成立 ". 中国东方航空. 于2011年6月4日查阅.Guizhou Airlines G4CGHGUIZHOU19911998Merged into China Southern AirlinesHamiata (Sino-Soviet Aviation Corporation) 19391950Sino-Soviet joint airline, taken over by SKOGA杨斌：“1949年中苏续订《中苏航空合约》述评”，《民国档案》，2006年第3期，第126-134页。Henan AirlinesVDKPAKUN PENG20092010Bankruptcy and ceased after the Henan Airlines Flight 8387 incidentJade Cargo InternationalJIJAEJADE CARGO20062011BankruptcyJoy AirJRJOYJOY AIR20092025Operational and financial difficulties.Kunpeng Airlines VD KPA KUNPENG AIR20072009Rebranded as Henan AirlinesManchuria Aviation Company RH 1931 1945Dissolved after the fall of ManchukuoNanjing Airlines 3W CNJ 1988 2003 Merged into parent company China Eastern AirlinesNortheast Airlines NSDBHDONGBEI AIR20072010Rebranded as Hebei AirlinesOTT AirlinesJFOTTOTT AIRLINES20202024Merged into parent company China Eastern AirlinesShanghai Airlines CargoF4SHQSHANGHAI CARGO20062011Merged with Great Wall Airlines into China Cargo AirlinesShanxi Airlines8CCXISHANXI19882007Merged with Chang An Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines to form Grand China AirSKOGA СКОГА19501954Sino-Soviet joint airline; came under Chinese control and replaced by CAACSwan Airlines 19911996Taken over by China Northern AirlinesUnited Eagle Airlines (UEAir) EU UEA UNITED EAGLE20052010Rebranded as Chengdu AirlinesUni-Top AirlinesUWUTPUNITOP20092019BankruptcyWuhan AirlinesWUCWUWUHAN AIR19862002Merged into China Eastern AirlinesYangtze River ExpressY8YZRYANGTZE RIVER20032017Rebranded as Suparna AirlinesYing'an AirlinesYIAYEAIR YING AN20052015Air Carrier Operating Certificate RevokedZhejiang Airlines CJGZHEJIANG19862004Absorbed into Air ChinaZhongyuan AirlinesZ2CYNZHONGYUAN19862000Acquired by China Southern Airlines

See also List of airlines of China List of airports in China List of defunct airlines of Asia

References

Further reading Ballantine C.-Tang P., Chinese airlines, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury, 1995