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Air China
According to "Civil Aviation System Reform Program" issued by CAAC, China National Aviation Holding Company came
into being on October 11, 2002. The airline corporation takes old Air China as the principal part, and combines China
National Aviation Company and China Southwest Airlines.
The new Air China has total assets of RMB 51.74 billion, 23000 employees and handling capacity of 5.17 billion tons.
The fleet includes 42 large aircraft: Boeing 747s, 767s, 777s and Airbus 340. The new airline carried 18.174 million passengers and
anticipated business volume of RMB 23.19 billion in 2002. It has 322 air routes (including 56 domestic routes and 266 overseas routes)
and more than 2,472 scheduled flights weekly. It has branch companies in Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Tianjin and Inner Mongolia. It also
has business offices in more than 29 domestic cities and representative offices in 48 overseas cities. The new Air China has an unapproachable
strength in civil aviation of China.