China Postal Airlines

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China Postal Airlines
中国货运邮政航空公司
IATA
8Y
ICAO
CYZ
Callsign
CHINA POST
Founded 1996
Hubs Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
Fleet size 12
Destinations
Headquarters Beijing, China
Key people
Website: www.cnpostair.com

China Postal Airlines is a cargo airline based in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It operates express mail and cargo transport services mainly for China Post to over 300 domestic destinations, as well as international scheduled and charter services. Its main base is Tianjin Binhai International Airport[1].

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[edit] History

The airline was established on November 25, 1996 and started to operate on February 27, 1997. It is owned by Chinese Postal Bureau (51%) and China Southern Airlines (49%). 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[1].

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The China Postal Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 65.