Latest archived mark · 2001
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Latest archived mark · 2020
China Eastern Airlines
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | China Southern Airlines | China Eastern Airlines |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | China | China |
| Founded | July 1, 1988 | June 25, 1988 |
| Founder | Civil Aviation Administration of China (restructuring of its Guangzhou division) | Civil Aviation Administration of China Huadong Administration |
| Headquarters | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | Shanghai, Minhang, China |
| Name origin | The name is descriptive: China Southern places the country name beside the region where the airline began, as the former Guangzhou Regional Administration of CAAC in southern China. The sources used do not give a formal naming statement, so this is a plain reading of the name. | The 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. |
| Highlights | Boeing 777, Airbus A320, Airbus A380, Boeing 787-8 | Shanghai Pudong hub, Shanghai Hongqiao hub, SkyTeam membership, China Cargo Airlines |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1988 | 1988 |
| Latest archived logo | 2001 | 2020 |
| Archived logo assets | 5 | 6 |
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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