Civil Aviation Administration of China
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| Civil Aviation Administration of China 国家民用航空局 |
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| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Minister Responsible | Li Jiaxiang, Vice Minister of Transport |
| Agency Executive | Li Jiaxiang, Administrator of CAAC |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Transport |
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| http://www.caac.gov.cn | |
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) (simplified Chinese: 国家民用航空局; pinyin: Guójīa Mínyòng Hángkōng Jú), formerly General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (simplified Chinese: 中国民用航空总局; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínyòng Hángkōng Zongjú), is the aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China. It oversees civil aviation in mainland China. As the aviation authority responsible for mainland China, it concluded civil aviation agreements with other aviation authorities, including those of the special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China.
The CAAC does not share the responsibility of managing China's airspace with the Central Military Commission under the regulations in the Civil Aviation Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国民用航空法). Being subordinate to military traffic, non-commercial civil aviation is rather restricted. General and private aviation in mainland China is relatively rare compared to developed countries.
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[edit] History
CAAC was formed on November 2, 1949, shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, to manage all non-military aviation in the country, as well as provide general and commercial flight service (similar to Aeroflot in the Soviet Union). It was initially managed by the People's Liberation Army Air Force, but was transferred to the direct control of the State Council in 1980.
In 1987 the airline division of CAAC was divided up into a number of airlines, each named after the region of China where it had its hub. Since then, CAAC acts solely as a government agency and no longer provides commercial flight service.
In March 2008, the agency changed its name to Civil Aviation Administration of China (国家民用航空局) and became a subsidiary of the newly created Ministry of Transport.
[edit] CAAC as an airline
| CAAC 中国民航 |
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| IATA CA |
ICAO CCA |
Callsign CAAC |
| Founded | 1949 | |
| Ceased operations | 1987 (Split into six airlines) | |
| Hubs | Beijing Capital Shanghai Hongqiao Guangzhou Baiyun Chengdu Shuangliu Xi'an Xiguan (closed in 1991) Shenyang Taoxian |
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| Destinations | 85 Cities, In 25 Countries (As of 1987) | |
| Parent company | State Council | |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China | |
| Key people | Director of the General Office | |
CAAC began operating scheduled domestic flights to cities in China in 1949. In 1962, CAAC began operating international services.
In 1987, CAAC split into 6 separate airlines. Air China (which inherited the IATA and ICAO code of the original CAAC), China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, China Northwest Airlines, China Northern Airlines and China Southwest Airlines, each named after the geographic region of the location of their headquarters and main operation areas.
CAAC used the IATA code CA on international flights only, domestic flights were not prefixed with the airline code.
CAAC aircraft livery featured Chinese national flag on the vertical stabilizer, with blue stripes and Chinese version of CAAC logo (autographed by Zhou Enlai) on a white fuselage.
CAAC's fleet In 1987:
- Airbus A300
- Airbus A310
- Antonov An-12
- Antonov An-24/Xian Y-7
- Antonov An-30
- BAe 146
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 737-200
- Boeing 747SP
- Boeing 747-200
- Boeing 757
- Boeing 767
- Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Lockheed L-100 Hercules
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- McDonnell Douglas MD-82
- Tupolev Tu-154B
- Tupolev Tu-154M
- Vickers VC-10
- Vickers Viscount
- Yakovlev Yak-42
General aviation
Fleet retired before 1987
- Ilyushin Il-14 (Left Service in 1982)
- Ilyushin Il-62 (Left Service in 1986)
- Lisunov Li-2 (Left service in 1981)
- Lockheed L-188 (Left service in 1980)
- Shanghai Y-10 (Prototype, flew for less than a year, did not enter into service)
- Vickers Vanguard (Left Service in 1984)
[edit] Major incidents
- On November, 8, 1961, A CAAC Ilyushin Il-14 suffered a catastrophic mid-flight break up, and the aircraft was ripped to pieces during a short domestic flight from Tianjin to Qinghai, killing all 42 occupants.[citation needed]
- On December, 25, 1967, A Vickers VC-10's tail was ripped of when making an emergency landing in Hefei, Anhui Province after the engines stopped en route to Shanghai. 19 injuries were reported, but no fatalities.[citation needed]
- In May, 1972, A Lisunov Li-2 overshot the runway at Dalian Airport, killing 6 occupants.[citation needed]
- On August 26, 1976, An Ilyushin Il-14 crashed during landing In Chengdu, killing 12 Passengers.[citation needed]
- On March 6, 1979, a CAAC Vickers Viscount, flying from Guangzhou to Phnom Penh, Cambodia plunged into the South China Sea, killing all but 3 passengers on board.[citation needed]
- On April 26, 1982, CAAC Flight 3303, A Hawker Siddeley Trident2E, crashed into a mountain while on approach to Guilin, killing all 112 people on board.
- On December 24, 1982, a CAAC Ilyushin Il-18B burst into flames while on approach to Guangzhou, killing 25 of the 69 passengers on board.
- On May 5, 1983, a CAAC aircraft was hijacked and landed at a U.S. military base in South Korea. The incident marked the first direct negotiations between South Korea and China, which did not have formal relations at the time.
- On September 14, 1983, a CAAC Hawker Siddeley Trident2E collided with a fighter jet on takeoff from Guilin. 11 on board were killed.
- On January 18, 1985, a CAAC Antonov An-24 crashed on approach to Jinan, killing 38 of the 41 on board.
- On April 8, 1985, a CAAC DC-9 disintegrated In mid-air, en route from Beijing to Xian.[citation needed]
- On December 15, 1986, a CAAC Antonov An-24 crashed on approach to Lanzhou, killing 6 of the 37 on board.[citation needed]
- On March 1, 1987, a brand new CAAC Tupolev Tu-154M, flying from Shanghai to Fuzhou, crashed into the town of Hangzhou, after a wing tore off during the flight. The plane broke apart on impact with the ground, killing all 124 passengers and 4 crew members on the plane.[citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Transport in the People's Republic of China
- List of airports in the People's Republic of China
- China's busiest airports by passenger traffic
- List of airlines of the People's Republic of China
[edit] External links
- CAAC Official site (Chinese)
- China - Civil Aviation
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