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Beijing Capital Airlines

Beijing Capital Airlines (Chinese: 首都航空; pinyin: Shǒudū Hángkōng), commonly known as Capital Airlines, is a Chinese hybrid airline based at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing, China.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

2010Founded1
  • HeadquartersBeijing Capital International Airport1
  • Founded inBeijing1
  • Websitewww.jdair.net
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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Beijing Capital Airlines (Chinese: 首都航空; pinyin: Shǒudū Hángkōng), commonly known as Capital Airlines, is a Chinese hybrid airline based at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing, China. It is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines. The airline offers budget airline service structures on domestic flights and employs a full service offering on regional and long haul international flights, which includes checked bags, complementary meals, and elevated service.2

The story

The company was established in 1995 as Deer Jet Airlines (Chinese: 金鹿航空; pinyin: Jīnlù Hángkōng). In 1998, it began offering international services under the Deer Air branding. In October 2007, it received its first Airbus A319 and began returning the formerly operated Boeing 737s. Deer Jet began providing charter services in December 2008 using a fleet of A319s and corporate jets. The airline was authorized by the Civil Aviation Administration of China to operate scheduled air services in 2009.

On 2 April 2010, Beijing Capital Airlines CO., LTD. launched its first service, based at Beijing Capital International Airport. On 2 May 2010, Beijing Capital Airlines Co., Ltd was officially established. Deer Jet Airlines was divided into two companies on 4 May 2010. While the charter operation has kept the Deer Jet branding, scheduled operations using Airbus aircraft were renamed Beijing Capital Airlines. Beijing Capital Airlines operates mainly in China including the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan, focusing on international air passenger service and cargo transport operations.

From Wikipedia’s article on Beijing Capital Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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Destinations

On 29 October 2014, Beijing Capital Airlines launched the first international scheduled flight from Hangzhou to Naha.

Since 2015, long-haul flights between China and other cities have been operated by Beijing Capital Airlines, with their first A330 delivered on 11 July 2015. In July 2016, Beijing Capital Airline announced its first launch, an Australian flight from Qingdao to Melbourne on 30 September, served by an Airbus A330 jet. In November 2016, Beijing Capital Airlines announced the launch of a Hangzhou-Qingdao-Vancouver service on 30 December 2016, which is served by an Airbus A330 aircraft.

Beijing Capital Airlines launched twice a week Beijing-Xian-Lisbon service starting from 30 August 2019. In September 2019, Beijing Capital Airlines announced that it would be moving some flights from Beijing Capital Airport to the newly opened Beijing Daxing Airport from 27 October 2019.

As of 6 July 2025, Beijing Capital Airlines serves the Moscow - Sherematyevo (Russia) route.

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Codeshare agreements

Beijing Capital Airlines have codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Hainan Airlines

TAP Air Portugal

Interline agreements

APG Airlines

Hahn Air

Fleet

Current fleet

As of August 2025, Beijing Capital Airlines operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

Beijing Capital Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:

Boeing 737-300

Boeing 737-700

6 Airbus A319-100

From Wikipedia’s article on Beijing Capital Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 2010Founded Founded in Beijing1

Sources

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