Air China

flag carrier of the People's Republic of China
Organization airline Q51747
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Air China

Summary

Air China is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,378 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Air China was a member of Linux Foundation[3].
  • Air China is in the country of People's Republic of China[4].
  • Air China's image is recorded as Air China Boeing 747-400 Zhu-1.jpg[5].
  • Air China's image is recorded as Air China headquarters (20210316113453).jpg[6].
  • Air China's instance of is recorded as airline[7].
  • Air China's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • Air China's founder is recorded as government of the People's Republic of China[9].
  • Air China's airline hub is recorded as Beijing Capital International Airport[10].
  • Air China's airline hub is recorded as Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport[11].
  • Air China's airline hub is recorded as Shanghai Pudong International Airport[12].
  • Air China's airline alliance is recorded as Star Alliance[13].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Airbus A320 family[14].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Airbus A330[15].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Airbus A350[16].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Boeing 737 Next Generation[17].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Boeing 747-400[18].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Boeing 747-8[19].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Boeing 777[20].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Boeing 787 Dreamliner[21].
  • Air China's item operated is recorded as Comac C909[22].
  • Air China's owned by is recorded as China National Aviation Corporation[23].
  • Air China's logo image is recorded as Air China wordmark.svg[24].
  • Air China's headquarters location is recorded as Shunyi District[25].
  • Air China's headquarters location is recorded as Beijing[26].
  • Air China's has organizational division is recorded as Air China Cargo[27].

Body

Founding

Air China's founder is recorded as government of the People's Republic of China[9]. +1988-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as Beijing[29].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Shunyi District[25], a district of China[30], in People's Republic of China[31] and Beijing[26], a city[32], in People's Republic of China[33]. Parent organizations include China National Aviation Holding[34], an airline[35], in People's Republic of China[36], founded in 2002[37] and China National Aviation Fuel[38], a Chinese state-owned enterprise[39], in People's Republic of China[40]. Subsidiaries include Air China Cargo[41], a cargo airline[42], in People's Republic of China[43], founded in 2003[44], headquartered in Beijing[45]; Air Macau[46], an airline[47], in People's Republic of China[48], founded in 1994[49], headquartered in Macau[50]; Beijing Airlines[51], an airline[52], in People's Republic of China[53], founded in 2018[54]; Dalian Airlines[55], an airline[56], in People's Republic of China[57], founded in 2011[58], headquartered in Dalian[59]; Shandong Airlines[60], an airline[61], in People's Republic of China[62], founded in 1994[63], headquartered in Jinan[64]; and Shenzhen Airlines[65], an airline[66], in People's Republic of China[67], founded in 1992[68], headquartered in Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport[69].

Ownership

Air China's owned by is recorded as China National Aviation Corporation[23]. Stock exchanges include London Stock Exchange[70], Shanghai Stock Exchange[71], and Hong Kong Stock Exchange[72].

Why It Matters

Air China ranks in the top 1% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,378 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  33. [72] . hkex.com.hk. hkex.com.hk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [3] . linuxfoundation.org. Retrieved . linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [28] . wikidata.org.
  36. [29] . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  31. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  32. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [73] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [74] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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