China National Aviation Corporation

Not to be confused with China National Aviation Holding.

China National Aviation Corporation
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryAviation
FoundedAugust 1, 1930 (1930-08-01)
DefunctMay 1952 (1952-05)
Fate
  • Nationalized by the communist government
  • Some assets were relocated to Taiwan by nationalist government
Successor

The China National Aviation Corporation (Chinese: 中國航空公司) was a Chinese airline which was nationalized after the Chinese Communist Party took control in 1949, and merged into the People's Aviation Company of China (中國人民航空公司) in 1952. It was a major airline under the Nationalist government of China until the 90s.

It was headquartered in Shanghai as of 1938.[2]

  1. ^ W.C. McDonald, Jr. "The CHUNG". CNAC Association. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ Flight International. 28 April 1938. p. 416 (Archive). "CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORP., 51, Canton Road, Shanghai."