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What we compareAir ChinaAB Airlines
Country in archiveChinaUnited Kingdom
FoundedJuly 1, 19881993
HeadquartersShunyi District, Beijing, Beijing, ChinaLondon Stansted Airport, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Name originThe 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.The sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the AB Airlines name.
HighlightsBeijing Capital hub, Chengdu hub, Star Alliance membership—
Earliest archived brand logo19881993
Latest archived logo20051993
Archived logo assets31

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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