Private company

China Cargo Airlines

Cargo division of China Eastern Airlines; based in Shanghai

China Cargo Airlines (Chinese: 中国货运航空公司), sometimes abbreviated as CCA (中货航), is a cargo airline with its head office on Changning District in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It is China's first all-cargo airline operating dedicated freight services using China Eastern Airlines route structure. Its headquarters is near Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, with a sole hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1

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Photo: Maarten Visser from Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

China Cargo Airlines (Chinese: 中国货运航空公司), sometimes abbreviated as CCA (中货航), is a cargo airline with its head office on Changning District in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It is China's first all-cargo airline operating dedicated freight services using China Eastern Airlines route structure. Its headquarters is near Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, with a sole hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.2

Corporate structure

China Cargo Airlines is part of a group headed by China Eastern Airlines. 8 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The airline was established on 30 July 1998 and started operations in October 1998. It was founded as, and remains, a joint venture between China Eastern Airlines (70%) and China Ocean Shipping (30%). It briefly adopted the title China Eastern Airlines Cargo, and reverted to its original name again after becoming an independent subsidiary in 2004.

Its parent company China Eastern Airlines reached agreement to inject more capital into the cargo airline. Its stake fell from 70 percent to just over 51 percent. China Ocean Shipping's share reduced to 17 percent. This allowed Singapore Airlines Cargo to invest up to 16 percent of the cargo airline. EVA Air also purchased a 16 percent share of the airline.

In 2011, China Cargo Airlines merged operations with Great Wall Airlines and Shanghai Airlines Cargo. The two airlines were rebranded as China Cargo Airlines progressively.

From Wikipedia’s article on China Cargo Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Current fleet

As of August 2025, China Cargo Airlines operates the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on China Cargo Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

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