About Air China
Air China is a full-service airline from China. Its airline codes are CA (IATA) and CCA (ICAO). Its hubs are Beijing Capital (PEK), Beijing Daxing (PKX), Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) and Chengdu Tianfu (TFU). It has a fleet of 539 aircraft (October 2026), with types including the Airbus A319-100, Airbus A319neo, Airbus A320-200, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321-200 and 13 other types. Linked to Air China on this site: Dalian Airlines, Shandong Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines.
Its cadet route is the Student pilot recruitment programme. Partner for the programme: Partner universities: Beihang University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Civil Aviation University of China. The careers portal for pilots is linked in the profile on this page.
Where to train for Air China
2 flight schools have a published link with this airline. Each entry says what the link is and who states it.
Civil Aviation Flight University of ChinaChinaAirline cadet partnerNamed by the airline- Civil Aviation University of ChinaChinaAirline cadet partnerNamed by the airline
Air China at a glance
- IATA / ICAO
- CA / CCA1
- Country
- China
- Hubs
- Beijing Capital (PEK), Beijing Daxing (PKX), Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU), Chengdu Tianfu (TFU)1
- Fleet
- Airbus A319-100, Airbus A319neo, Airbus A320-200, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321-200, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330-200, Airbus A330-300, Airbus A350-900, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 MAX 8, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747-8I, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-9, Comac C909, Comac C9191
- Cadet programme
- Student pilot recruitment45
- 1Wikipedia: Air China · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2Air China website · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 3Air China recruitment home · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4Air China pilot recruitment · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 5Air China pilot recruitment: partner universities · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 6Air China pilot recruitment process page · accessed 11 Oct 2026
