China Postal Airlines <!--Please refrain from adding the Chinese name to this section, as it have already been clearly specified in the Infobox. Reiterating the native name in the Lede is unnecessary and redundant.--> is a cargo airline based in the Ziyu Office Building () in Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Its main operating base is located at Nanjing Lukou International Airport.

History

The airline was established on 25 November 1996 and began operations on 27 February 1997. It is owned by the Chinese Postal Bureau (51%) and China Southern Airlines (49%). It was originally set up to operate domestic postal services, but in 2006 introduced international scheduled services to South Korea and Japan. From January 2007 international cargo charter services were introduced.

Destinations

China Postal Airlines operates express mail and cargo transport services mainly for China Post to over 300 domestic destinations, as well as international scheduled and charter services.

Fleet

thumb|China Postal Airlines [[Boeing 737 Classic#737-300|Boeing 737-300F]]

thumb|China Postal Airlines [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-800BCF]]

, China Postal Airlines operates the following aircraft:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"

|+ China Postal Airlines fleet

|-

!Aircraft

!In service

!On order

|-

|Boeing 737-300SF

|6

|&mdash;

|-

|Boeing 737-400SF

|4

|&mdash;

|-

|Boeing 737-400BDSF

|4

|&mdash;

|-

|Boeing 737-800BCF

|18

|&mdash;

|-

|Boeing 757-200PCF

|5

|&mdash;

|-

|Boeing 777F

|2

|&mdash;

|-

!Total

!39

!&mdash;

|}

See also

  • China Post
  • China Southern Airlines

References

  • Official website on archive.org