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CAAC Airlines

Logo: 中国民用航空局, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Airline of China (1952–1991)

CAAC (Chinese: 中国民航; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínháng; lit. 'China Civil Aviation'), formerly the People's Aviation Company of China (中国人民航空公司), was the airline owned by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (which it inherited its common English name and acronym from).2 It was founded in 1953.1 It is headquartered in Beijing.1 It ceased to exist in 1987.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1953Founded1
  • HeadquartersBeijing1

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CAAC Boeing 707
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/boeingdreamscape/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

CAAC (Chinese: 中国民航; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínháng; lit. 'China Civil Aviation'), formerly the People's Aviation Company of China (中国人民航空公司), was the airline owned by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (which it inherited its common English name and acronym from).2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Civil Aviation Administration of China

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded People's Aviation Company of China1
  2. Succeeded by Air China1
  3. Succeeded by China Eastern Airlines1
  4. Succeeded by China Northern Airlines1
  5. Succeeded by China Northwest Airlines1
  6. Succeeded by China Southern Airlines1
  7. Succeeded by China Southwest Airlines1

Timeline

  1. Jan 30, 1987Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1953Founded Founded1

Sources

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