List of defunct airlines of China explained

This is a list of defunct airlines of China.^{[1] [2]}

Defunct airlines

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Great Wall		G8	CGW		1992	2000	Formed by CAAC Flying College. 55% stake acquired in 2000 by China Eastern Airlines, and reorganized in 2001 as the Ningbo branch of China Eastern Airlines. Merged into China Eastern Airlines.
Beijing-Han Airlines					1922	1922	Founded by Cao Kun with a single Handley Page aircraft which fatally crashed 3 days after launch.^[3]
CAAC Airlines		CA	CCA	CAAC	1952	1988	Airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China; split into six airlines
CDI Cargo Airlines		GJ	CDC	CDI Cargo	2011	2013	Rebranded as Loong Air
Chang An Airlines		9H	CGN	CHANG AN	2000	2007	Merged with Shanxi Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines to form Grand China Air
China Air Cargo			CYN		1987	1993	Formed by CAAC Flying College. Integrated into Air China.
China Eastern Airlines Cargo					2002	2004	Was known as China Cargo Airlines before 2002, reverted to the original name
China General Aviation		GP	CTH	TONGHANG	1987	1997	Acquired by China Eastern Airlines
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC)					1925	1952	Nationalized in 1949; merged into the People's Aviation Company of China in 1952
China Northern Airlines		CJ	CBF	CHINA NORTHERN	1990	2003	Merged into China Southern Airlines
China Northern Swan Airlines					1990	2000	Merged into China Southern Airlines Heilongjiang Branch
China Northwest Airlines		WH	CNW	CHINA NORTHWEST	1989	2003	Merged with China Yunnan Airlines into China Eastern Airlines
China Southwest Airlines		SZ	CXN	CHINA SOUTHWEST	1987	2002	Merged into Air China
China Xinhua Airlines		XW	CXH	XINHUA	1992	2007	Merged with Chang An Airlines and Shanxi Airlines to form Grand China Air
China Xinjiang Airlines		XO	CXJ	XINJIANG	1985	2003	Absorbed into China Southern Airlines
China Yunnan Airlines		3Q	CYH	YUNNAN	1992	2003	Merged with China Northwest Airlines into China Eastern Airlines
Chongging Airlines					1996	1996	Flew Boeing 737-200 aircraft and failed early causing the airline to cease on the same year.
Deer Jet		DF	DER	Jinlu Service Airlines	1995	2006	Renamed/merged to Deer Air
		J5	EPA	DONGHAI AIR	2006	2016
East Pacific Airlines				EPA Airways	2004	2006	Rebranded as Donghai Airlines
East Star Airlines		8C	DXH	EAST STAR	2005	2009	Went bankrupt
Eurasia Aviation Corporation					1925	1943	Sino-German joint airline
Fujian Airlines		IV	CFJ		1993	2001	Merged into XiamenAir
Grandstar Cargo		GD	GSC	GRANDSTAR CARGO	2008	2012
Great Wall Airlines		IJ	GWL	GREAT WALL	2006	2011	Merged with Shanghai Airlines Cargo into China Cargo Airlines
Guizhou Airlines		G4	CGH	GUIZHOU	1991	1998	Merged into China Southern Airlines
Hamiata					1939	1950	Sino-Soviet joint airline, taken over by SKOGA
Henan Airlines		VD	KPA	KUN PENG	2009	2010
Jade Cargo International		JI	JAE	JADE CARGO	2006	2011
Kunpeng Airlines					2007	2009	Rebranded as Henan Airlines
Manchurian Air Transport
Nanjing Airlines					1988	2003
Northeast Airlines		NS	DBH	DONGBEI AIR	2007	2010	Rebranded as Hebei Airlines
Shantou Airlines
Shanghai Airlines Cargo		F4	SHQ	SHANGHAI CARGO	2006	2011	Merged with Great Wall Airlines into China Cargo Airlines
Shanxi Airlines		8C	CXI	SHANXI	1988	2007	Merged with Chang An Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines to form Grand China Air
SKOGA					1950	1954	Sino-Soviet joint airline; came under Chinese control and replaced by CAAC
Swan Airlines					1992	1996	Taken over by China Northern Airlines
Tongyong Airlines					1990s	1997	Merged into China Eastern Airlines.
United Eagle Airlines (UEAir)					2005	2010	Rebranded as Chengdu Airlines
Uni-Top Airlines		UW	UTP	UNITOP	2009	2019
Wuhan Airlines		WU	CWU	WUHAN AIR	1986	2002	Merged into China Eastern Airlines
Yangtze River Express		Y8	YZR	YANGTZE RIVER	2003	2017	Rebranded as Suparna Airlines
Ying'an Airlines		YI	AYE	AIR YING AN	2005	2015
Zhejiang Airlines			CJG	ZHEJIANG	1986	2004	Absorbed into Air China
Zhongyuan Airlines		Z2	CYN	ZHONGYUAN	1986	2000	Acquired by China Southern Airlines
Zhuhai Airlines		CZ			1995	1996	Was a subsidiary of China Southern Airlines, restarted in 2015 using AOC from China Southern.

See also

• List of airlines of China
• List of airports in China
• List of defunct airlines of Asia

Notes and References

1. Web site: The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998. ch-aviation.com. 2018-12-17.
2. Web site: Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies.. aerotransport.org. 2018-12-17.
3. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page O/7 registration unknown Beijing-Nanyuan Airport . 2023-03-04 . aviation-safety.net.