Air China Limited is abbreviated as “Air China” and its predecessor, the old Air China, was founded in 1988. Air China is the only airline company which carries the national flag. It became a member of Star Alliance in December 2007 and it is also the airline partner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The logo of Air China is a red phoenix in the shape of ' VIP'. Phoenix is said to be a lucky bird in Chinese legendary which will bring good luck and brightness to the land it flies to. Recognized as the most valuable airlines brand in China, Air China is the only airlines in China that is permitted to carry a national flag on airframes.

    It is known to all that Air China takes the responsibility of special plane task for Chinese national leaders visiting abroad, and foreign leaders and governmental leaders visiting China, which demonstrates the exclusive status as the national flag carrier. until the end of March 2008. Air China owns 224 Boeing and Airbus planes operates 243 routes covering 28 countries and districts, among which there are 69 international routes, 6 regional routes and 168 domestic routes. It provides more than 6.000 weekly flights and offers 1 million seats. By traveling with Air China, passengers can easily reach 81 domestic destinations and 42 international and regional destinations through its strong and balanced global route network with Beijing as the major hub. Air China has set up 85 sales departments inland and overseas, 157 sales outlets, more than 27,000 sales deputies, more than 2,000 agreed key accounts, as well as 27 direct overseas sales websites. . Air China offers convenient non-stop and transfer travel service for Chinese and foreign passengers. Air China is committed to providing passengers with “Four Heart” services of reassurance, satisfaction, easiness and sensation.

     The new Air China has total assets of RMB 51.74 billion, 23000 employees and handling capacity of 5.17 billion tons. The fleet includes 42 large aircraft: Boeing 747s, 767s, 777s and Airbus 340. The new airline carried 18.174 million passengers and anticipated business volume of RMB 23.19 billion in 2002. It has 322 air routes (including 56 domestic routes and 266 overseas routes) and more than 2,472 scheduled flights weekly. It has branch companies in Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Tianjin and Inner Mongolia. It also has business offices in more than 29 domestic cities and representative offices in 48 overseas cities.