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What we compareChina Eastern AirlinesAir China
Country in archiveChinaChina
FoundedJune 25, 1988July 1, 1988
FounderCivil Aviation Administration of China Huadong Administration—
HeadquartersShanghai, Minhang, ChinaShunyi District, Beijing, Beijing, China
Name originThe name means Eastern China in plain terms. The airline was set up in 1988 under the Civil Aviation Administration of China Huadong (East China) Administration, and the sources used here do not state the naming reason directly.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.
HighlightsShanghai Pudong hub, Shanghai Hongqiao hub, SkyTeam membership, China Cargo AirlinesBeijing Capital hub, Chengdu hub, Star Alliance membership
Earliest archived brand logo19881988
Latest archived logo20202005
Archived logo assets63

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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