China National Aviation Holding


China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited also known as Air China Group is a Chinese state-owned enterprise which is the parent company of Air China and Air Macau. The company was formed on 11 October 2002 by the merger of Air China, China Southwest Airlines, and China National Aviation Corporation Limited.

History

Origins of China National Aviation Holding

The major carrier of China could be traced back to China National Aviation Corporation which was nationalized in 1949. In 1988 Air China and other airlines were formed by the separation of commercial activity and regulating body of the government.
The once defunct aforementioned legal person of the group China National Aviation Corporation, was also re-registered in Hong Kong on 31 August 1984 as a foreign company. The company was re-registered in China in May 1991, which Civil Aviation Administration of China owned 79% stake, Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines owned 7% each.
On 11 October 2002, the new China National Aviation Corporation merged with Air China and China Southwest Airlines, forming China National Aviation Holding Company under the Law on Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Whole People.
After the merger, China National Aviation Corporation's subsidiaries in Hong Kong still using the name "China National Aviation Corporation and "China National Aviation Corporation."

China National Aviation Corporation

China National Aviation Corporation was acted as a "window company" in the British Colony since 1984, even after the handover of Hong Kong back to China, and ceased to do business in Hong Kong 10 year later. Several subsidiaries were also incorporated in Hong Kong, such as China National Aviation Corporation Limited on 4 August 1992 and then China National Aviation Corporation Limited on 13 June 1995 and the subsidiary even used a logo similar to China National Aviation Corporation.
CNAC once owned a significant stake in Dragonair and LSG Lufthansa Service Hong Kong. The stakes, along with 50% stake of Jardine Airport Services was transferred to a listed subsidiary :zh:中航興業|China National Aviation Company Limited. In turn China National Aviation Company Limited was 69% owned by Air China Limited. The stake in Dragonair was acquired by Cathay Pacific in 2006, and China National Aviation Company Limited was also privatized in 2007 by Air China Limited. On 10 June 2008, the 50% stake in JASL was sold back from Air China to CNAC.
Dragonair, as at 2016, was a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, which Air China, now a subsidiary of China National Aviation Holding, had a cross ownership between the two listed companies.
CNAC also purchased a building on 10 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong Island in 1992, known as CNAC Group Building. it was once owned by the listed company China National Aviation Company Limited but sold back to CNAC in 2002. It was sold in 2008 to Shanghai Commercial Bank for HK$1.388 billion. It was demolished to make way for the headquarters of Shanghai Commercial Bank.

Subsidiaries

China National Aviation Holding is the majority owner of several airlines and subsidiaries, including:

Airline share ownership and subsidiaries:
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Other operations:
As of April 2013, the Air China and subsidiaries fleet consists of the following aircraft.
TypeIn serviceOrdersOperators
Airbus A319-100640Air China, Air Macau, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines
Airbus A320-20013822Air China, Air Macau, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines
Airbus A320neo033Air China
Airbus A321-10030Air Macau, Sichuan Airlines
Airbus A321-2007611Air China, Air Macau, Sichuan Airlines
Airbus A330-200340Air China, Sichuan Airlines
Airbus A330-300206Air China, Sichuan Airlines
Airbus A350-900010Air China
Boeing 737 MAX034Shandong Airlines
Boeing 737-700340Air China, Kunming Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
Boeing 737-80023699Air China, Dalian Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
Boeing 737-90050Shenzhen Airlines
Boeing 747-40040Air China
Boeing 747-8I16Air China
Boeing 777-200100Air China
Boeing 777-300ER200Air China
Boeing 787–9015Air China
Bombardier CRJ-20020Shandong Airlines
Bombardier CRJ-70020Shandong Airlines
COMAC ARJ21-7000110Henan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines
COMAC C919020Air China
Embraer E-19040Henan Airlines
Xian MA6002Sichuan Airlines
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