China airline was founded on 16 December, 1959. The company was stock listed in February 26, 1993. The registered capital of the company is NT$ 48,595,141,490. air china has covered about seventy five cities in 27 countries till May 31, 2009.
The continents covered by china airlines are Europe, Asia and America. Air china covers the European destinations of Amsterdam, Rome, Frankfurt, Milan, Manchester, Luxembourg, Prague, Hanover, Vienna, Cologne, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Munich, Nuremberg and Stockholm. The destinations covered by the company in Asia include Colombo, Tokyo, Shenzen, Fukuoka, Osaka, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Nanijing, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, New Delhi, Manila, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Chiang Mai, Hanoi, Bangkok, Okinawa, Hong Kong, Phuket, Jakarta and Phnom Penh.
The destinations covered by china airlines in the continent of America include Jacksonville, Anchorage, Raleigh/Durham, Honolulu, Columbus, Los Angeles, Hartford, New York, Tampa, San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, Orlando, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Cincinnati, Miami, Boston, Vancouver, Atlanta, Seattle, Nashville and Houston. In Oceania air china covers the places of Guam, Brisbane and Sydney. Domestic flights are planned to cover the cities of Kaohsiung and Taipei.
The fleet of china airlines comprises of B747-400F in the amount of 20, B737-800 in the amount of 10 and A340-300 in the amount of 6 and B747-400 in the amount of 13. The total number of employees of the company currently is 9,625. The employees of the company only in Taiwan are 8,018. The number of employees stationed outside the country is 1,607.
china airline was established in 1959 in Taipei, with the initial number of employees as 26 and with the aircraft fleet of 2 PBY amphibians. In the year of 1962 company started the scheduled domestic flights from Taipei to Hualien. On 26th of January, 2003 flight CI-586 was the first direct flight from Taiwan to china in past fifty three years. 2003 had been the most fruitful year for china airlines. At the end of February of that year cargo services to the city of Manchester were resumed. In July of the same year charter services were started between Taipei and Seoul. In the September of the same year traveling services were started between Australia, Brisbane.
Later on, china airlines have come across some great landmarks in their field, they introduced broad band internet connectivity in their Boeing. China airline was nominated as the 5th largest cargo carrier service by the statistics of IATA. The company launched the freighter service to Vienna. China airlines have got the honor of becoming the official carriers for World Games 2009.
