Image:Air-china-A340.JPG|thumb|right|An Air China A340 departing from
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Image:Air China 747 Taking Off From Beijing Capital Airport.JPG|thumb|right|An Air China B747 departing from
Beijing Capital Airport
Image:AirChinaSALivery.jpg|thumb|right|Air China's A330 with
Star Alliance livery parked at the airline's hub
Beijing Capital International Airport
Image:Air China OlympicsLivery.JPG|thumb|right|Air China
Boeing 737-800 painted with Beijing
2008 Summer Olympics livery at
Beijing Capital International Airport
Air China Ltd (,, ) (,
Pinyin:, literally meaning "China International Airlines", abbreviated ) is the
People's Republic of China's state-owned and
second-largest commercial
airline after
China Southern Airlines. Its logo consists of a
phoenix in the form of the acronym
VIP, and "Air China" in both English and Chinese, which was autographed by
Deng Xiaoping. It operates 5,090 flights each week worldwide and is the
18th largest airline in the world by fleet size. Air China is also the world's largest carrier by market capitalisation. It has its headquarters in
Shunyi District,
Beijing.
Air China's main hubs are
Beijing Capital International Airport,
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and
Shanghai Pudong International Airport, with other focus cities at
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport,
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport,
Tianjin Binhai International Airport and
Hohhot Baita International Airport. Air China currently flies to approximately 120 destinations; the most destinations from its own Beijing hub.
The airline flew 33.97 million passengers in 2006, with a passenger load factor of 75.9%. In the same year, it made a profit of 2.7 billion
yuan, with an operating revenue of 44.9 billion yuan and total expenses standing at 42.4 billion yuan.
It is the 4th largest airline in Asia, 5th largest in the world in terms of domestic cargo traffic and 18th largest airline in the world in terms of fleet size.
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