China Cargo Airlines () sometimes as abbreviated 中货航 (in English as ''CCA'') is a

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with its head office on

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. It is China's first all-cargo airline operating dedicated freight services using

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route structure. Its base is at

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, with a hub at

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History

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The airline was established on 30 July 1998 and started operations in October 1998. It was founded as, and remains, a joint venture between

(70%) and China Ocean Shipping (30%). It briefly adopted the title China Eastern Airlines Cargo, and reverted to its original name again after becoming an independent subsidiary in 2004. Its parent company China Eastern Airlines reached agreement to inject more capital into the cargo airline. Its stake fell from 70 percent to just over 51 percent. China Ocean Shipping's share reduced to 17 percent. This allowed Singapore Airlines Cargo to invest up to 16 percent of the cargo airline.

EVA Air EVA Airways Corporation (pronounced as three letters: ; ) (), of which "EVA" stands for Evergreen Airways, is a Taiwanese international airline based at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan, operating passenger and dedicated ca ...

also purchased a 16 percent share of the airline. In 2011, China Cargo Airlines merged operations with Great Wall Airlines and

Shanghai Airlines Cargo Shanghai Airlines Cargo (上海航空股份公司) was a cargo airline based in Shanghai the People's Republic of China. A joint venture between Shanghai Airlines and EVA Air of the Evergreen Group based in Taiwan, Republic of China, it was es ...

. The two airlines were rebranded as China Cargo Airlines progressively.

Destinations

Fleet

Current fleet

, China Cargo Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Former fleet

References

External links

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