China Postal Airlines

China Postal Airlines
中国货运邮政航空公司

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
CF	CYZ	CHINA POST

Founded

25 November 1996

Commenced operations

27 February 1997

Hubs

Nanjing Lukou Int'l Airport

Fleet size

Headquarters

Beijing, China

Website

cnpostair.com

China Postal Airlines (Chinese: 中国邮政航空, T: 中國郵政航空, P: Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng Hángkōng) is a cargo airline based on the 11th through 14th floors of the Ziyu Office Building (S: 紫玉写字楼, T: 紫玉寫字樓, P: Zǐyù Xiězìlóu) in Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.^[1] Its main base is Nanjing Lukou International Airport.^[2]

History

The airline was established on 25 November 1996 and started to operate on 27 February 1997. It is owned by 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.^[2]

In December 2015 it was announced that a total of 7 used Boeing 757 and 10 used Boeing 737 would be acquired from Boeing, being converted to freighters via Boeing's Converted Freighter (BCF) program, to be delivered in 2016 and 2017 to expand the existing fleet.

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

China Postal Airlines Boeing 737-400F

The China Postal Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):^[3]

**China Postal Airlines Fleet**
Aircraft	In Service	On order
Boeing 737-300F	12
Boeing 737-300QC	2
Boeing 737-400F	8
Boeing 737-800BCF		10
Boeing 757-200F	2
Total	24	10

The airline previously operated a further two Boeing 757-200F aircraft.

References

↑ "联系我们." China Postal Airlines. Retrieved on November 18, 2012. "北京海淀区增光路55号紫玉写字楼11-14层"
1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 65.
↑ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 11. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

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