China Postal Airlines


China Postal Airlines is a cargo airline based on the 11th through 14th floors of the Ziyu Office Building in Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Its main base is Nanjing Lukou International Airport.

History

The airline was established on 25 November 1996 and started to operate on 27 February 1997. It is owned by Chinese Postal Bureau and China Southern Airlines. It was originally set up to operate domestic postal services, but in 2006 introduced international scheduled services to South Korea and Japan. From January 2007 international cargo charter services were introduced.
In December 2015 it was announced that a total of 7 used Boeing 757 and 10 used Boeing 737 would be acquired from Boeing, being converted to freighters via Boeing's Converted Freighter program, to be delivered in 2016 and 2017 to expand the existing fleet.

Destinations

China Postal Airlines operates express mail and cargo transport services mainly for China Post to over 300 domestic destinations, as well as international scheduled and charter services.

Fleet

Current fleet

, China Postal Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

AircraftIn ServiceOn order
Boeing 737-300F11—
Boeing 737-300QC2—
Boeing 737-400F8—
Boeing 737-800BCF28
Boeing 757-200PCF5—
Total288

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft :