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What we compareAB AirlinesAir China
Country in archiveUnited KingdomChina
Founded1993July 1, 1988
HeadquartersLondon Stansted Airport, United Kingdom, United KingdomShunyi District, Beijing, Beijing, China
Name originThe sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the AB Airlines name.The airline's name is simply a short English form of its Chinese name 中国国际航空公司, which reads as China International Aviation Company. It was set up in 1988 as the part of the former CAAC given the main responsibility for intercontinental flights.
Highlights—Beijing Capital hub, Chengdu hub, Star Alliance membership
Earliest archived brand logo19931988
Latest archived logo19932005
Archived logo assets13

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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