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China Airlines

China Airlines
Airline
AirlineChina Airlines Co., Ltd.
中華航空股份有限公司
IATACI
ICAOCAL
CallsignDYNASTY
Founded1959
Airline hubTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Taipei)
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programDynasty Flyer
Member loungeDynasty Lounge
AllianceSkyTeam (future)
SubsidiariesMandarin Airlines
Fleet size68 (+18 orders, 6 options)
Destinations85 (incl. cargo)
Company sloganJourney with a caring smile
Parent companyChina Airlines Group
HeadquartersTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport
Dayuan Township, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Key people
* Chang, Chia-Juch (Chairman) * Sun, Huang-Hsiang (President)

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China Airlines (CAL) (Chinese: 中華航空公司 (pinyin: Zhōnghuá Hángkōng gōngsī), commonly abbreviated 華航) (TSE - 2610) is the flag carrier of the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan). The airline is not directly state-owned but is 54% owned by the China Aviation Development Foundation (中華航空事業發展基金會) which is owned by the Republic of China. Unlike other state-owned companies in the Republic of China, the chairperson of China Airlines does not report to the Legislative Yuan.

The airline, with headquarters in and flight operations from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Dayuan Township, Taoyuan County, flies to destinations in Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. The airline started scheduled chartered flights between Taiwan and mainland China on July 2008. Most flights serving this market are concentrated at Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing. China Airlines has operated the Hong Kong route since 1967, which is the airline's most profitable market, generating 13.3% of its NT$121.9 billion (US$3.7 billion) revenue in 2006 with over 140 flights flown a week between Taipei, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong.

The airline's main competitor is EVA Air. China Airlines is expected to become a full member of SkyTeam; talks between the airline and the alliance started in 2007. CAL would eventually join SkyTeam sometime in 2011 as announced in September 14th, 2010.

China Airlines Video

China airlines Boeing 747-400 landing at St. Maarten-Princess Juliana Int'l Airport
1.60 min. | 2.02 user rating		 Yeah, but I was making a video. China Southern Airlines stewardess doesn't get it...
0.10 min. | 3.40 user rating		 China Airlines Flight 006 encounters turbulence while flying to Los Angeles. The No. 4 engine flames out and the crew tries to restart the engine at too high an altitude. The aircraft banks slowly to the right but the crew do not notice the autopilot can no longer hold the aircraft straight and level. The captain disconnects the autopilot and immediately loses control, sending the aircraft into a spiralling nosedive. The Flight Engineer mistakes readings on the gauges for total engine failures on all engines rather than the Captain setting the throttles to idle. The extreme forces rip the undercarriage doors off and parts of the horizontal stabilizers rip off as well. The Boeing 747SP clears the clouds and the pilot can once again see the horizon. The crew recover the aircraft from the dive and the it lands safely at San Francisco despite control problems associated with the tailplane damage. Two people are hurt, but everyone is alive.
10.02 min. | 4.84 user rating		 rchide.web.fc2.com Part 1/2 August 20,2007 China airlines B737 explodes in Naha Airport Okinawa ã中è¯èªç©ºçä¸é­éã The middle of going for scuba diving to between Okinawa It encounters at the Naha airport. ANA of No. 101 It Naha-arrives at the 10:25 time at the appointed hour. Since smoke was seen while walking the passage, it is a photography start.
8.40 min. | 4.80 user rating		 A CAL 737-800 which was previously found to have a 70cm fracture in it's rear fuselage struggles to get Airborne and leaves the paved runway surface, hitting lights on the way
0.63 min. | 4.83 user rating
China Airlines Flight 006 encounters turbulence while flying to Los Angeles. The No. 4 engine flames out and the crew tries to restart the engine at too high an altitude. The aircraft banks slowly to the right but the crew do not notice the autopilot can no longer hold the aircraft straight and level. The captain disconnects the autopilot and immediately loses control, sending the aircraft into a spiralling nosedive. The Flight Engineer mistakes readings on the gauges for total engine failures on all engines rather than the Captain setting the throttles to idle. The extreme forces rip the undercarriage doors off and parts of the horizontal stabilizers rip off as well. The Boeing 747SP clears the clouds and the pilot can once again see the horizon. The crew recover the aircraft from the dive and the it lands safely at San Francisco despite control problems associated with the tailplane damage. Two people are hurt, but everyone is alive.
10.00 min. | 4.86 user rating		 China Airlines Flight 006 encounters turbulence while flying to Los Angeles. The No. 4 engine flames out and the crew tries to restart the engine at too high an altitude. The aircraft banks slowly to the right but the crew do not notice the autopilot can no longer hold the aircraft straight and level. The captain disconnects the autopilot and immediately loses control, sending the aircraft into a spiralling nosedive. The Flight Engineer mistakes readings on the gauges for total engine failures on all engines rather than the Captain setting the throttles to idle. The extreme forces rip the undercarriage doors off and parts of the horizontal stabilizers rip off as well. The Boeing 747SP clears the clouds and the pilot can once again see the horizon. The crew recover the aircraft from the dive and the it lands safely at San Francisco despite control problems associated with the tailplane damage. Two people are hurt, but everyone is alive.
10.02 min. | 4.91 user rating		 Taken from the checkerboard used for the approach into Kai Tak.
1.50 min. | 4.38 user rating		 China Eastern Airlines Landing In Xi An, China with a flight attendant attempting to speak english which is DARN HILARIOUS!!!!! i can't figure out what the flight attendant is saying in english. If somebody can understand what she's saying, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT!!!!!
3.48 min. | 3.34 user rating		 China Airlines Flight 642 crashed when landing in Hong Kong during terrible weather (tropical storm winds and rain). Very little footage exists of the crash, so I added a few photos in to show the aftermath. I am very new to video editing (this is my first project), and as such the film is very basic and straightforward. I used Windows Movie Maker to edit and arrange the material. NOTE: There seems to be some contention among viewers as to the airline depicted. It was technically Mandarin Airlines, but that airline is the subsidiary of (owned by) China Airlines, and as such, the media and official reports all refer to it as China Airlines flight 642.
1.28 min. | 4.61 user rating

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China Airlines posts record Q3 result - Aircargo - Asia Pacific Tweet this news
Aircargo - Asia Pacific--Taiwan's -China Airlines- has reported a Q3 record profit on the back of improved cargo shipments and increased travel across the Taiwan Strait. ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:21:57 GMT+00:00
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Taipei Times--Shares of -China Airlines- (中華航空) and EVA Airways (長榮航空) rallied in yesterday morning's trade on increased optimism toward their earnings outlook ... - Date : Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:31:30 GMT+00:00
New rules of China airlines to pay passengers in cash for delay - People's Daily Online Tweet this news
People's Daily Online--It was reported that new regulations are applied to all domestic -airline- companies except the Spring -Airlines-, -China's- first and leading private capital ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:16:44 GMT+00:00
Taiwan airlines postpone new routes to China after CAA mistakes - eTaiwan News Tweet this news
eTaiwan News---China Airlines-, Taiwan's top carrier, started taking reservations on new routes to Qingdao and Nanjing, while EVA Airways accepted bookings for Zhengzhou, ... - Date : Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:58:07 GMT+00:00
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ASIATravelTips.com---China Airlines- is recruiting aircraft repair and maintenance technicians as part of a recruitment drive that has added nearly 400 new personnel to the staff ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:58:29 GMT+00:00
China Airlines reaps NT$5 bln in Jan-May - China Knowledge Online Tweet this news
China Knowledge Online--1, 2010 (China Knowledge) - -China Airlines- Ltd, the largest carrier in Taiwan in terms of revenue, realized more than NT$5 billion in the first five months ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:52:57 GMT+00:00
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BusinessWeek---China Airlines- Ltd. (2610 TT): Taiwan's biggest carrier expects to join the SkyTeam alliance in two or three months, spokesman Hamilton Liu said by ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:17:27 GMT+00:00
Asiana Airlines the biggest winner, Virgin Blue the biggest loser. First half ... - Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription) Tweet this news
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription)--Taiwan's -China Airlines- and EVA Air gained 45% and 35.7%, respectively, on rising cross-Straits links, while Thai Airways surged 37% over the first half as ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:34:38 GMT+00:00
Price war brewing among airlines flying between China, Taiwan - Channel News Asia Tweet this news
Channel News Asia--Earlier this month, three Taiwan-based carriers --- -China Airlines-, Eva Airways and TransAsia - all agreed to cut fares by between 10 and 30 per cent next ... - Date : Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:25:54 GMT+00:00
Taiwan stocks rise on gains in airlines, tourism shares - China Post Tweet this news
China Post--Airlines and tourism shares gained by sizable margins, on optimism cross-strait exchanges will become more frequent. -China Airlines- surged, ahead of the ... - Date : Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:55:25 GMT+00:00

Codeshare agreements :

China Airlines Passenger Fleet
Passenger :
Aircraft Total Orders Options Passengers Notes
F J C Y Total
Airbus A330-300 12 0 0
36
277 313
6 0 0
30
277 307
1 4* 0
48
265 313 * To be leased within 2011-2013
Airbus A340-300 6 0 0
30
246 276 To be replaced by: Airbus A350-900XWB
Airbus A350-900XWB 0 14 6
36
291 327 Replacing: Airbus A340-300
Boeing 737-800 10 0 0
8 150 158
Boeing 747-400 9 -> 0 0 0 14
64 319 397 Version 2
4 0 0 12 49 - 314 375 Version 3
0 -> 6 0 0 0 70 - 319 389 Version 4
0 -> 3 0 0 12 49 Version 5
Total 49 18 6

China Airlines Cargo fleet ( )
Cargo :
Aircraft Total Orders
Boeing 747-400F
19
-
Total 19 0

Cabin classes :
Aircraft type First Class Cabin Dynasty Supreme or Dynasty Cabin Economy Cabin Notes
Airbus A330-300 N/A 36 shelled seats with 52" pitch and 140° recline. In-flight AVOD 277 seats with 31-32" pitch. In-flight AVOD
30 shelled seats with 63" pitch and 166° recline. In-flight AVOD
Airbus A340-300 N/A 30 seats with 60" pitch and 150° recline. In-flight AVOD 246 seats with 31-32" pitch. In-flight AVOD To be replaced by A350-900XWB in 2015. In-flight AVOD
Boeing 737-800 N/A 8 seats with 40" pitch and minimal recline. 150 seats with 31" pitch.
Boeing 747-400 14 seats with 83" pitch and 180° lie-flat sleeper. 64 seats with 47-50" pitch and 130° recline. 319 seats with 31-32" pitch. All aircraft to be renovated in March 2011.
12 suite seats with 83" pitch and 180° recline. In-flight AVOD 49 seats with 60" pitch and 140° recline. In-flight AVOD 314 seats with 31-32" pitch. In-flight AVOD B-18210 featured China Airlines plum blossom tail and Boeing's Dreamliner colors design.

Airlines of Republic of China (Taiwan)

ActiveChina Airlines * Daily Air * EVA Air * Mandarin Airlines * TransAsia Airways * Uni Air
DefunctCivil Air Transport * Far Eastern Air Transport * Formosa Airlines

Members of SkyTeam

Members: Aeroflot * Aeroméxico * Air Europa * Air France * Alitalia * China Southern Airlines * Czech Airlines * Delta Air Lines * Kenya Airways * KLM * Korean Air * TAROM * Vietnam Airlines
Future members: China Eastern Airlines
Former members: Continental Airlines * Copa Airlines * Northwest Airlines

Members of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA)

Air China * Air New Zealand * All Nippon Airways * Asiana Airlines * Cathay Pacific * China Airlines * China Eastern Airlines * China Southern Airlines * Dragonair * EVA Air * Garuda Indonesia * Japan Airlines * Korean Air * Malaysia Airlines * Philippine Airlines * Qantas * Royal Brunei Airlines * Singapore Airlines * Thai Airways International * Vietnam Airlines |



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