China Airlines

This article is about the Taiwanese airline China Airlines of the Republic of China. This is not to be confused with the Air China airline of the People's Republic of China.

China Airlines 中華 航空
IATA code :	CI
ICAO code :	CAL
Call sign :	DYNASTY
Founding:	1959
Seat:	Taipei , Taiwan
Turnstile :	Taiwan Taoyuan Kaohsiung
Home airport :	Taiwan Taoyuan
ISIN :	TW0002610003
IATA prefix code :	297
Management:	Huang-Hsiang Sun
Number of employees:	11,154 (2014)
Sales:	NT $ 133.4 billion (2015)
Passenger volume:	14.7 million (2015)
Alliance :	SkyTeam
Frequent Flyer Program :	Dynasty Flyer
Fleet size:	88
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.china-airlines.eu

China Airlines ( Chinese  中華 航空  /  中华 航空 , Pinyin Zhōnghuá Hángkōng , short: 華航  /  华航 , Huáháng ) is a Taiwanese airline based in the Dayuan district of Taoyuan and based at Taiwan Taoyuan Airport . It is a member of the SkyTeam aviation alliance .

history

The headquarters of China Airlines in the Dayuan district

Economy class on board a China Airlines Boeing 747-400

China Airlines was founded in Taipei on December 16, 1959, initially with 26 employees and three aircraft . The first scheduled flights were operated from 1962 on a domestic connection from Taipei to Hualien , in 1966 the first international destination was served with Saigon .

From 1991 the company was privatized and since 1993 it has been listed as a stock corporation on the Taipei Stock Exchange. In 1995 the corporate identity that is still used today was introduced. From 1999 the international passenger and cargo destinations were gradually expanded, for example flights to Sydney, Delhi and Vancouver were added.

On January 26, 2003, China Airlines operated the first direct flight from Taiwan (Republic of China) to the People's Republic of China in 53 years as part of a charter flight for the Chinese New Year . In 2005 the company received the IOSA safety certificate from IATA .

In 2008, weekly charter flights were launched to several mainland China destinations, including Beijing and Shanghai . In 2009 the company celebrated its 50th anniversary.

In September 2010 it became known that China Airlines was in negotiations with the airline alliance SkyTeam .

SkyTeam Boeing 747-400

The integration into the aviation alliance was completed on September 28, 2011, a Boeing 747-400 with the aircraft registration B-18206 was given a special SkyTeam livery.

In December 2013, China Airlines and Tigerair Holdings Singapore founded the first low-cost airline in Taiwan, Tigerair Taiwan . The airline initially held 90% of the shares, but transferred 10% to the subsidiary Mandarin Airlines , thus reducing its own stake to 80%. Tigerair Holdings holds the remaining 10%. Tigerair Taiwan commenced flight operations with one aircraft on September 24, 2014, the first destination being Singapore.

Destinations

China Airlines Lounge Taipei

In addition to a few domestic destinations, China Airlines serves numerous destinations in Asia and also flies to a number of destinations in Europe , the USA and Oceania . In German-speaking countries are Frankfurt and Vienna served.

Codeshare China Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines ( SkyTeam members are marked with *):

Alitalia * China Eastern * China Southern Airlines * Czech Airlines * Delta Air Lines *

Garuda Indonesia * Hawaiian Airlines Japan Airlines KLM * Korean Air *

Shanghai Airlines Vietnam Airlines * Westjet Airlines Xiamen Airlines *

fleet

China Airlines Airbus A350-900

China Airlines Airbus A340-300

China Airlines Boeing 737-800

Boeing 747-400F of China Airlines Cargo

As of March 2020, the China Airlines fleet consists of 88 aircraft with an average age of 10.0 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats ( Business / Eco + / Eco )
Airbus A330-300	23		B-18311 in SkyTeam special livery	307 (30 / - / 277) 313 (36 / - / 277)
Airbus A350-900	14th			306 (32/31/243)
Boeing 737-800	19th		with winglets fitted	158 (8 / - / 150) 161 (8 / - / 153)
Boeing 747-400	22nd			375 (61 / - / 314) 380 (61 / - / 319)
Boeing 777-300	10			358 (40/62/256)
total	88	-

Incidents

Accidents

China Airlines is one of the airlines with the highest accident rates worldwide. From 1966 to March 2020, China Airlines suffered 23 total aircraft losses. In 17 of them, 876 people were killed. Selection:

• On August 21, 1967, a Douglas DC-3 ( aircraft registration number B-1523 ) crashed over the South China Sea, killing six of the nine occupants.

• On October 24, 1967, another Douglas DC-3 ( B-1541 ) crashed in Vietnam. All 16 people on board died.

• On January 2, 1969, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A ( B-309 ) collided with Mount Paku on the way from Taitung to Kaohsiung . All 24 people on board were killed.

• On August 12, 1970, a NAMC YS-11 ( B-156 ) was flown into a bamboo grove while approaching Taipei in thick fog. Of the 31 inmates, 14 died.

• On November 21, 1971, a Sud Aviation Caravelle ( B-1852 ) crashed into the sea en route from Taipei to Hong Kong , killing all 25 occupants, 8 crew members and 17 passengers. The possible cause is a bomb explosion on board.

• On September 11, 1979, a China Airlines Boeing 707-324C (B-1834) crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Taipei-Chiang Kai-shek Airport . There were no survivors among the six people on board the training flight.

• On February 27, 1980, another China Airlines Boeing 707-309C (B-1826) crashed while landing at Manila Airport when it touched down in front of the runway and caught fire. Out of 135 inmates, 2 were killed in this incident.

• On February 19, 1985, a Boeing 747SP ( N4522V ), which had taken off from Taipei almost ten hours earlier, lost almost ten kilometers in just under two minutes after an engine failure and a pilot's error and reached almost the speed of sound. The plane was badly damaged, but landed safely at the nearest San Francisco International Airport (see China Airlines flight 006 ) .

• On February 16, 1986, a Boeing 737-281 ( B-1870 ) coming from Taipei was flown into the sea while approaching 19 kilometers from Magong Airport . All 13 aircraft occupants were killed. The accident was a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT; Controlled flight into terrain ).

• On October 26, 1989, another Boeing 737-209 of China Airlines ( B-180 ) was flown three minutes after take-off from Hualien Airport about 5.5 kilometers north of it at an altitude of about 2100 meters against Mount Chiashan . All 54 aircraft occupants (7 crew members, 47 passengers) were killed. The cause of the accident was determined to be that the pilots had mistakenly selected the wrong departure procedure and had flown a left turn instead of a right turn. The type of accident was therefore a controlled flight off-road ( CFIT ).

• On December 29, 1991, a Boeing 747-200F ( B-198 ) crashed on the way to Anchorage shortly after taking off from Taipei . It was reconstructed that one engine detached itself from the right wing and carried away the second engine on this side. All five people on board died (see China Airlines Flight 358 ) .

China Airlines Boeing 747-400 crashed in Hong Kong

• On November 4, 1993, a Boeing 747-400 ( B-165 ) had an accident while landing at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong during tropical storm Ira. As a result of a pilot error during the braking process under difficult conditions, the machine came off the runway to the left and slid into the basin of Victoria Harbor . Of the 396 people on board, 22 were injured.

• On April 26, 1994, an Airbus A300-600R ( B-1816 ) crashed while landing in Nagoya after the pilots accidentally activated the go-around mode. When trying to land the machine in a controlled manner, it hit the runway and went up in flames. Of the 271 people on board, 264 were killed (see also China Airlines flight 140 ) .

• On February 16, 1998, another Airbus A300-600R ( B-1814 ) crashed while approaching Taipei after it stalled during a go-around maneuver. All 196 people on board and seven people on the ground were killed (see China Airlines flight 676 ) .

• On August 22, 1999, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 of Mandarin Airlines ( B-150 ) crashed while landing at Hong Kong International Airport . The machine landed hard on the runway during heavy rains and strong gusts of wind. The right engine touched the ground, which tore off the right main landing gear and the right wing. The machine slipped off the runway, overturned, and went up in flames. Of 315 people on board, 312 survived the accident (see China Airlines flight 642 ) .

• On May 25, 2002, a Boeing 747-200 ( B-18255 ) on the way from Taipei to Hong Kong disappeared from the radar screens while climbing, and debris was later found on the route. It is believed that the machine broke apart in flight due to fatigue. The cause was possibly an inadequate repair of a tailstrike 22 years earlier. All 225 people on board were killed (see China Airlines flight 611 ) .

• On August 20, 2007, a Boeing 737-800 ( B-18616 ) from Taipei to Okinawa caught fire after parking at Naha Airport . The passengers could be evacuated unharmed, one member of the ground crew and one crew member were slightly injured. The cause of the accident is a fallen end stop in one of the guide rails of a slat, which pierced the tank when the slat was retracted. The leaking kerosene eventually ignited and the machine burned out completely. The Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency arranged thereupon special checks on all machines of the type Boeing 737 on (see also China Airlines Flight 120 ) .

Kidnappings

Due to the geographical proximity and political-ideological opposition to the People's Republic of China , China Airlines machines were repeatedly hijacked there. The most famous incident is the hijacking of a Boeing 747-200F (B-198) cargo plane on China Airlines flight 334 from Singapore to Bangkok on May 3, 1986. The Taiwanese flight captain hijacked the plane and sent it to Guangzhou Airport. Baiyun (old) turn back where he defected. The aircraft concerned was the same machine that crashed in December 1991.

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : China Airlines  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• China Airlines website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Fiscal year results of China Airlines 2014 ( memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; Chinese, English), accessed November 14, 2015  
2. ↑ ^{a b} China Airlines 2015 Monthly Results. (PDF) China Airlines, accessed on August 8, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} china-airlines.com - Looking back ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed September 7, 2010  
4. ↑ chinapost.com.tw - China Airlines to join Sky Team Alliance , accessed September 5, 2010
5. ↑ aero.de - China Airlines becomes 15th member of the SkyTeam network, September 29, 2010
6. ↑ talkairlines.wordpress.com - LCC War Kicks Off In Taiwan , accessed September 25, 2014
7. ↑ china-airlines.com - Fact Sheet ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed November 14, 2015  
8. ↑ china-airlines.com - For Codeshare partners ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on November 14, 2015  
9. ↑ China Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 29, 2020 . 
10. ↑ China Airlines Fleet Details and History . In: planespotters.net, accessed July 31, 2019.
11. ↑ Airbus - Orders & deliveries (English), accessed on July 20, 2017
12. ↑ china-airlines.com - seat map , accessed on July 20, 2017.
13. ↑ airsafe.com - Fatal Events and Fatal Event Rates of Airlines in Asia and Australasia Since 1970 (English)
14. ↑ Accident statistics China Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 17, 2020.
15. ↑ Terry Denham: World Directory of Airliner Crashes . Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, 1996, ISBN 1 85260 554 5 , p. 104.
16. ^ Accident report DC-3 B-1541 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
17. ^ Accident report DC-3 B-309 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
18. ^ Accident report NAMC YS-11 B-156 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
19. ^ Accident report Caravelle 3 B-1852 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 17, 2020.
20. ^ Accident report B-707 B-1834 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
21. ^ Accident report B-707 B-1826 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
22. ↑ accident report B-747SP N4522V , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 17 December 2017th
23. ↑ Der Spiegel - 40 Seconds to Death, December 17, 2010
24. ^ Accident report B-737-200 B-1870 , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on December 16, 2017.
25. ^ Accident report B-737-200 B-180 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
26. ^ Accident report B-747-200 B-198 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
27. ^ Accident report B-747-400 B-165 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
28. ^ Accident report A300 B-1816 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
29. ^ Accident report A300 B-1814 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
30. ^ Accident report MD-11 B-150 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
31. ^ Accident report B-747-200 B-18255 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
32. ↑ Japan Transport Safety Board Investigation Report (PDF file, English), accessed October 16, 2013
33. ^ Accident report B-737-800 B-18616 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2017.
34. ↑ http://www.snipview.com/q/China_Airlines_Flight_334