China General Aviation

China General Aviation
	A China General Aviation Yakovlev Yak-42
Commenced operations	1987
Ceased operations	October 1998 (merged into China Eastern Airlines)
Operating bases	Taiyuan Wusu International Airport
Fleet size	See Fleet below
Headquarters	Taiyuan, China
Key people	Zhang Changjing (President); Wan Z Yi (Vice-president)
Employees	3,791 (1998)

China General Aviation (Corporation - CGAC) was an airline based in Taiyuan Wusu International Airport, China. It operated a fleet of 8 Yakovlev Yak-42D and later 3 Boeing 737-300 aircraft. It was acquired by China Eastern Airlines in 1997.^[1]

Code data

IATA Code: GP
ICAO Code: CTH
Callsign: TONGHANG

Fleet

Throughout the airline's operation, China General Aviation operated the following aircraft:^[2]^[3]

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Antonov An-2	Unknown	Unknown	1998
Antonov An-12	1	1987	1992
Antonov An-30	2	1988	1998
Beechcraft King Air	Unknown	Unknown	1998
Bell 212	Unknown	Unknown	1998
Boeing 737-300	3	1997	1998	B-2977, B-2978, B-2979 Its 3 Boeing 737-300 aircraft were transferred to China Eastern Airlines.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6	8	1987	1998
Ilyushin Il-14	Unknown	Unknown	1998
Yakovlev Yak-42D	8	1992	1998	B-2751, B-2752, B-2753, B-2754, B-2755, B-2756, B-2757, B-2758
Yunshuji Y-7-100	3	Unknown	Unknown

Accidents and incidents

On July 31, 1992, China General Aviation Flight 7552 crashed into a pond past the runway after takeoff from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport. 8 of the 10 crew members and 100 of the 116 passengers died.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "致逝去的光辉历史曾经的"中国通用航空公司"" [To the glorious history of the past, the former "China General Aviation Company"] (in Chinese). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "World Airline Directory 1998". Flightglobal. 1–7 April 1998. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ "CGAC China General Aviation". rzjets. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-42D B-2755 Nanking Airport (NKG)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
^ "100 Killed in Chinese Plane Crash". Los Angeles Times. 2 August 1992. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

External links

China General Aviation Former Fleet Detail

[1] "致逝去的光辉历史曾经的"中国通用航空公司"" [To the glorious history of the past, the former "China General Aviation Company"] (in Chinese). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[wd1998-2] "World Airline Directory 1998". Flightglobal. 1–7 April 1998. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[3] "CGAC China General Aviation". rzjets. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[4] "ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-42D B-2755 Nanking Airport (NKG)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 5, 2009.

[5] "100 Killed in Chinese Plane Crash". Los Angeles Times. 2 August 1992. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

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