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CAAC Airlines (Chinese: 中国民航), formerly the People's Aviation Company of China (中國人民航空公司), was the airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the monopoly civil airline in the People's Republic of China. It was founded on 17 July 1952, and merged into CAAC on 9 June 1953. In 1988, the monopoly was broken up and CAAC Airlines was split into six regional airlines, which later consolidated into China's Big Three airlines: Beijing-based Air China, Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines, and Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines.

CAAC
中国民航

IATA ICAO Callsign CA CCA CAAC
Founded	17 July 1952 (as the People's Aviation Company of China)
Commenced operations	9 June 1953 (as CAAC)
Ceased operations	1 July 1988 (split into six airlines)
Hubs	Beijing Capital Shanghai Hongqiao Guangzhou Baiyun Chengdu Shuangliu Xi'an Xiguan Shenyang Taoxian
Fleet size	273
Destinations	85 cities in 25 countries (1987)
Parent company	State Council
Headquarters	Beijing, China
Key people	Director of the General Office

In 1962, CAAC began operating international services, initially to other countries in the communist bloc such as the Soviet Union, Mongolia, North Korea, Laos, Burma, Bangladesh, North Vietnam, and Cambodia.[1] By the mid-1980s, CAAC had long-haul service to the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia, mainly using American Boeing aircraft, while continuing to use Soviet aircraft on routes to Eastern Europe.[2]

Separation

In 1988, CAAC Airlines split into six separate airlines, each named after the geographic region of their main operating areas:

• Air China, the flag carrier, based in Beijing, inherited the IATA and ICAO airline code of CAAC
• China Southwest Airlines, based in Chengdu (merged into Air China in 2002)
• China Eastern Airlines, based in Shanghai
• China Northwest Airlines, based in Xi'an (merged into China Eastern in 2002)
• China Southern Airlines, based in Guangzhou
• China Northern Airlines, based in Shenyang (merged into China Southern in 2003)

CAAC used the IATA code CA on international flights only; domestic flights were not prefixed with the airline code.

CAAC's aircraft livery featured the Chinese national flag on the vertical stabilizer, with blue stripes and Chinese version of CAAC logo (designed by Lu Shifang in 1965,[3] with the calligraphy of Premier Zhou Enlai) on a white fuselage.

Destinations

Fleet

CAAC Airlines consisted of the following aircraft:[5][6][7]

CAAC Airlines civil fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Airbus A310-300	5	1985	1988	All transferred to China Eastern Airlines
Antonov An-2	138	Un­known	Un­known
Antonov An-12	14	1968	1988
Antonov An-24	78	1969	1988
Antonov An-26	66	1974	1988
Antonov An-30	13	1975	1988
British Aerospace 146-100	10	1986	1988
Boeing 707-320B	10	1973	1988
Boeing 737-200	11	1983	1988
Boeing 737-300	4	1986	1988
Boeing 747-200B	4	1983	1988
Boeing 747SP	4	1980	1988	All transferred to Air China
Boeing 757-200	2	1987	1988	All transferred to China Southern Airlines
Boeing 767-200ER	4	1985	1988	All transferred to Air China
Convair CV-240	1	1949	Un­known
Douglas DC-3	1	Un­known	Un­known
Harbin Y-11	41	1976	1988
Harbin Y-12	3	1988	1988
Hawker Siddeley Trident 1E	4	1970	1975
Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E	35	1972	1988
Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B	2	1975	1981
Ilyushin Il-12	4	1948	1987
Ilyushin Il-14	53	1954	1988
Ilyushin Il-18	17	1964	1988
Ilyushin Il-62	7	1971	1987
Lisunov Li-2	31	1949	1987
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	8	1983	1988
Mil Mi-8	57	1972	1988
Tupolev Tu-154M	12	1985	1988
Vickers Viscount	7	1963	1983

Accidents and incidents

• On 5 April 1958, Ilyushin Il-14 632 crashed 70 km (43 mi) from Xi'an while operating a Chengdu–Xi'an–Taiyuan–Beijing passenger flight, killing all 14 on board.[8]
• On 26 September 1961, Shijiazhuang Y-5 18188 crashed into Qinglongshan (Blue Dragon Mountain), Henan Province, killing all 15 on board.[9]
• On 15 February 1966, Shijiazhuang Y-5 18152 struck a mountain in Gansu Province in poor visibility; both pilots survived.[10]
• On 5 December 1968, Ilyushin Il-14 640 crashed 1209 meters south of Beijing Capital International Airport when landing, killing 10 people on board, including scientist Guo Yonghuai.[11]
• In 1969, Ilyushin Il-14 618 crashed at Guiyang.[12]
• On 14 November 1970, Ilyushin Il-14 616 struck a mountain near Guiyang, killing six.[13]
• In May 1972, a CAAC Lisunov Li-2 overshot the runway at Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport, killing six.^{[citation needed]}
• On 14 January 1973, Ilyushin Il-14 644 struck a mountain near Guiyang, killing all 29 on board.[14]
• On 21 January 1976, Antonov An-24 B-492 crashed on approach to Changsha Huanghua Airport, killing all 40 on board.[15]
• On 26 August 1976, a CAAC Ilyushin Il-14 crashed on landing at Chengdu, killing 12 passengers.^{[citation needed]}
• On 14 March 1979, Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E B-274 crashed into a factory in Beijing on climbout from Xijiao Airport during a training flight, killing all 12 on board and 32 on the ground.[16]
• On 20 March 1980, Antonov An-24RV B-484 crashed and burned near Changsha Huanghua Airport, killing all 26 on board.[17]
• On 26 April 1982, CAAC Flight 3303, a Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E (B-266), crashed into a mountain near Yangshuo while on approach to Guilin, killing all 112 on board.
• On 25 July 1982, CAAC Flight 2505, an Ilyushin Il-18V (B-220), was hijacked en route from Xi'an to Shanghai. The co-pilot and navigator were wounded and a bomb exploded when passengers overpowered the hijackers. The aircraft landed at Shanghai with two engines flamed out.[18][19]
• On 24 December 1982, CAAC Flight 2311, an Ilyushin Il-18B (B-202), burst into flames while landing at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, killing 25 of 69 on board.[20]
• On 5 May 1983, CAAC Flight 296, a Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E (B-296), was hijacked while en route from Shenyang Dongta Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and landed at the US Army base Camp Page in South Korea. The incident marked the first direct negotiations between South Korea and China, which did not have formal relations at the time.[21]
• On 14 September 1983, CAAC Flight 264, a Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E B-264 collided with a Harbin H-5 bomber while taxiing at Guilin Qifengling Airport. 11 of 106 on board were killed.[22]
• On 25 June 1984, a CAAC aircraft was hijacked by a man armed with hand grenades and demanded to be flown to Taiwan. A passenger overpowered the hijacker and the aircraft continued to Fuzhou.[23]
• On 18 January 1985, CAAC Flight 5109, an Antonov An-24B (B-434), crashed in drizzle and fog while performing a missed approach to Jinan, killing 38 of 41 on board.[24]
• On 22 October 1985, Shorts 360-100 B-3606 was written off after overrunning the runway on landing at Enshi Airport; all 25 on board survived.[25]
• On 15 December 1986, Antonov An-24RV B-3413 crashed while attempting to return to Lanzhou after an engine failed due to icing, killing 6 of 44 on board.[26]
• On 16 June 1987, Boeing 737-2T4 B-2514 collided with a Shenyang J-6 at Fuzhou Airport; the J-6 crashed, killing the pilot while the 737 landed safely.[27]
• On 31 August 1988, CAAC Flight 301 (operating by China Southern Airlines), a Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E (B-2218), struck approach lights at Kai Tak Airport and struck a lip, collapsing the right main landing gear; the aircraft then slid off the runway into Kowloon Bay, killing 7 of the 89 on board. The cause was undetermined, but windshear may have been a factor.[28]

See also

• List of defunct airlines of China

References

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[de] CAAC (Fluggesellschaft)

CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) war eine als Fluggesellschaft betriebene Abteilung der gleichnamigen Zivilen Luftfahrtbehörde der Volksrepublik China mit Sitz in Peking. CAAC hatte als staatliche Gesellschaft das Monopol für alle Flüge im In- und Ausland inne. Im Jahr 1988 wurde CAAC als Fluggesellschaft aufgelöst und in 6 eigenständige Gesellschaften aufgeteilt.

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- [en] CAAC Airlines

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