Eurasia Aviation Corporation

Eurasia Aviation Corporation
Founded 1925 (1925)
Ceased operations 1943 (1943)
Headquarters Shanghai, China

Eurasia Aviation Corporation (traditional Chinese: 歐亞航空公司; simplified Chinese: 欧亚航空公司; pinyin: Ōu Yà Hángkōnggōngsī) was a Chinese airline headquartered in Shanghai.[1] The company was Sino-German.[2] Eurasia, classified as a state-owned airline by the Ministry of Communications of China,[3] operated the Junkers W33[4] and, later, the three-engined Junkers Ju-52.The main fleet base was Hong Kong. When the Japanese began occupying portions of China in the late 1930s, the airline encountered difficulty.[3]

Routes

Routes included Shanghai-Lanzhou, Beijing-Ho Nan, Liangzhou-Urumqi, and Shanghai-Manzhouli.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Flight International. April 28, 1938. p. 416 (Archive). " EURASIA AVIATION CORP., 97, Jinkee Road, Shanghai."
  2. ↑ "Eurasia Aviation Corporation - A German-Chinese Airline in China and its Airmail 1931-1943 by Peter Moeller and Larry D. Sall, paperback in color, 2007, 153 pages, great book on the history of this airline, includes a listing of First Flight covers and catalog values." China Stamp Society. Retrieved on October 4, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Ballantine, Collin and Pamela Tang. "Chinese airlines: airline colours of China." Airlife, 1995. p. 6. Chinese Ministry of Communications which declared Eurasia to be a Chinese State-owned airline. The airline then fell into more trouble as a direct result of the continuing Japanese occupation. The fleet of airliners was based in Hong Kong[...]"
  4. ↑ Ballantine, Collin and Pamela Tang. "Chinese airlines: airline colours of China." Airlife, 1995. p. 5. "The outcome of this venture was Eurasia Airlines, operating six- seater Junkers W33 airliners across Asia into China."
  5. ↑ Flight International. November 2, 1933. p. 1092.

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