Headquartered in Shanghai, China Eastern Air Holding Co.Ltd (CEAH) was set up on June 25,1988, which could be traced back as the first squadron established by former Civil Aviation Administration of Shanghai. On June 21,2011, China Eastern become a member of Sky Team Airline Alliance. At present, China Eastern Airlines has 10 branches in northwest, Yunnan, Shandong, Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hebei, Zhejiang, Gansu and Beijing, and invested in more than ten companies such as China cargo Airlines, China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu Company, China Eastern Airlines Wuhan Company and so on.

China Southern Airlines was founded on February 1, 1992. China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. is directly affiliated with China Southern Air Holding Company Ltd., specializing in air transportation services. With headquarters based in Guangzhou, China Southern Airlines has its company logo seen around the globe with a brilliant red kapok delicately adoring a blue vertical tail fin. China Southern Airlines possesses the largest fleet and the most developed route network, and offers the largest passenger capacity among any airline in the People's Republic of China. It has 16 branches including Xinjiang, BeiFang etc.

Founded in November 1992, Shenzhen Airlines Co., Ltd. officially started its operation on September 17, 1993 and mainly engaged in air passenger, freight and mail transport business.

Today's Air China can trace its origins to 1988 when Air China International Corporation was established. In October 2002, based on an industry reform plan formulated by the central government, Air China International Corporation, China Aviation Corporation and China Southwest Airlines merged, and the surviving company was still called Air China International Corporation. In September 30, 2004, Air China International Corporation was rebranded as Air China Limited. The original company name and logo kept the same. Still Air China is China's only national flag carrier. In Dec, 2007, AIR CHINA become a member of the world's largest airline network - Star Alliance.