China Postal Airlines is a cargo airline based in the Ziyu Office Building in Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.[1] Its main operating base is located at Nanjing Lukou International Airport.[2]
History
The airline was established on 25 November 1996 and began operations on 27 February 1997. It is owned by the 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 September 2008, China Post bought all shares of the airline from China Southern, which become a fully subsidiary of China Post.