Air China

63.7IVCA

China · Asia

#55global
#24Asia
77%confidence
Operations and fleet punctuality · fleet · environment
65
Perception globally awarded recognitions
56
Network and track record fleet · destinations · continents · years · alliance
81

How it is made up

Continents served our own
6 continents (published network) · weight 5%
100
Global alliance our own
Star Alliance · member since 2007 · weight 4%
85
Destination network our own
218 destinations (published network) · weight 4%
88
Track record our own
38 years (founded in 1988) · weight 4%
47
Fleet size our own
500 or more aircraft (published fleet) · weight 3%
81
Wide-body fleet our own
122 wide-body aircraft (published fleet) · weight 7%
100
On-board experience rating award
Four stars · global (2026) · weight 11%
70
Frequent-flyer programme award
Air China PhoenixMiles: among the world's assessed programmes (international listing 2025) · weight 6%
52
Product rating (stars) award
3 stars (product certification) · weight 4%
60

#55 worldwide · #24 in Asia. IVCA 63.7. Strong in presence by continent, wide-body fleet, destination network. Weak in track record, frequent-flyer programme. Confidence 77% (no data: punctuality). Not listed in environmental certification, global recognition, international assessment, regional recognition (worth 50).

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Third-party recognitions are used only as an input to the calculation; their listings and placings are not republished. See the methodology (IVCA v2.5).

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