Capital Airport Holdings Limited (CAH) is a wholly owned entity of the
Civil Aviation Administration of China
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the civil aviation authority of the People's Republic of China, under the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and inv ...
which operates airports. It is the parent company of
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is the busier of the two international airports serving Beijing, the capital city of China (the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport). The airport is located northeast of downtown Beijing ...
, the operator of the airport of the same name.
History
The history of Capital Airport Holding dates back to June 13, 1988 when CAAC Beijing Administration was split into three parts: CAAC North China Regional Administration,
Air China
Air China, officially Air China Limited, ( zh, s=中国国际航空公司, labels=no, ''Zhōngguó guójì hángkōng gōngsī'') is a major Chinese airline and the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered in Shunyi ...
and Beijing Capital International Airport.
The current Capital Airport Holding was established on December 28, 2002 from the merger of Beijing Capital Airport Holding Company, Beijing Capital International Airport Company Ltd., Tianjin Binhai International Airport, China Airport Construction Corporation, Jinfei Economic Development Company Ltd. and Civil Aviation Engineering Consulting Company of China.
Market
CAH operates 40
wholly owned
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or
holding companies
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in the group with
assets
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of more than ¥100 billion
yuan and around 38,000 staff members.
These comprise over 40 airports in nine provinces (municipality directly under the Central Government, autonomous region) including
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
,
Tianjin
Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...
,
Jiangxi
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Hubei
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,
Chongqing
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Guizhou
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Inner Mongolia
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and
Heilongjiang
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.
The group also has
investments
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in
Shenyang
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and
Dalian
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Airports. The company controls 30% of
passenger throughput in the
national civil aviation market.
See also
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Civil Aviation Administration of China
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the civil aviation authority of the People's Republic of China, under the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and inv ...
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Transport in the People's Republic of China
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List of airports in the People's Republic of China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial-level division and sorted by main city or county served. It includes civil airports and certified general airports, but excludes general airports filed und ...
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China's busiest airports by passenger traffic
China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the official ...
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List of airlines of the People's Republic of China
References
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Civil Aviation Administration of China
Airport operators of China
Chinese companies established in 2002
Transport companies established in 2002
Government-owned companies of China