Throwback Thursday: Historic Airline Schedule Snapshot – China - USA Air Links

Jim Liu March 12, 2015

This special edition of our series for Routes Asia, which opens in Kunming, China, this weekend, looks at the evolution of China – USA passenger traffic from 1995 to 2015. Taking five-year intervals, we look at how direct connectivity between the two counties has improved. All the information listed is weekly round-trip services with summer season referring to peak travel season in July and August.

CHINA - USA AIR SERVICES IN SUMMER 1995
Route	Frequency	Aircraft Type	Operator
Beijing - Anchorage – New York JFK	Two	74M	Air China
Beijing - San Francisco	Three	74E	Air China
Beijing – Shanghai – Los Angeles	Three	M11	China Eastern Airlines
Beijing – Tokyo – Los Angeles	Three	747	Northwest Airlines
Beijing – Tokyo – Newark	Seven	747	United Airlines
Shanghai – Beijing – Seattle – Chicago	Two	M11	China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai – Tokyo – Los Angeles	One	747	Northwest Airlines
Shanghai – Tokyo – San Francisco	Seven	747	United Airlines

CHINA - USA AIR SERVICES IN SUMMER 2000
Route	Frequency	Aircraft Type	Operator
Beijing – Detroit	Four	744	Northwest Airlines
Beijing - San Francisco	Seven	744	United Airlines
Beijing – Shanghai – Los Angeles	Four	744 / 74E	Air China
Beijing – Shanghai – Los Angeles	Seven	M11	China Eastern Airlines
Beijing – Shanghai – San Francisco	Five	744 / 74E	Air China
Beijing – Tokyo – Detroit	Three	744	Northwest Airlines
Guangzhou – Los Angeles	Four	772	China Southern Airlines
Shanghai – Detroit	Two	744	Northwest Airlines
Shanghai – San Francisco	Seven	744	United Airlines
Shanghai – Tokyo – Detroit	Four	744	Northwest Airlines
Shanghai – Tokyo – Los Angeles	Seven	744	United Airlines

CHINA - USA AIR SERVICES IN SUMMER 2005
Route	Frequency	Aircraft Type	Operator
Guangzhou – Tokyo – Honolulu	Seven	757 / 744	Northwest Airlines
Guangzhou – Los Angeles	Four	772	China Southern Airlines
Beijing – Tokyo – Detroit	Seven	332 / 744	Northwest Airlines
Beijing – Newark	Seven	772	Continental Airlines
Beijing – New York JFK	Seven	744	Air China
Beijing – Los Angeles	Six	744	Air China
Beijing – Chicago	Seven	744	United Airlines
Beijing – San Francisco	Seven	744	United Airlines
Shanghai – Tokyo – Detroit	Seven	744	Northwest Airlines
Shanghai – Los Angeles	Seven	346	China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai – Chicago	Seven	772	United Airlines
Shanghai – San Francisco	Five	74E	Air China
Shanghai – San Francisco	Seven	744	United Airlines

CHINA - USA AIR SERVICES IN SUMMER 2010
Route	Frequency	Aircraft Type	Operator
Beijing – Chicago	Seven	772	American Airlines
Beijing – Chicago	Seven	772	United Airlines
Beijing – Los Angeles	Seven	74E	Air China
Beijing – New York JFK	Seven	744	Air China
Beijing – Newark	Seven	772	Continental Airlines
Beijing – San Francisco	Seven	74E	Air China
Beijing – San Francisco	Seven	744	United Airlines
Beijing – Seattle	Five	763	Delta Air Lines
Beijing – Seattle	Four	330	Hainan Airlines
Beijing – Washington	Seven	772	United Airlines
Guangzhou – Los Angeles	Four	772	China Southern Airlines
Shanghai – Chicago	Seven	772	American Airlines
Shanghai – Chicago	Seven	772	United Airlines
Shanghai – Detroit	Seven	772 / 77L	Delta Air Lines
Shanghai – Los Angeles	Seven	346	China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai – New York JFK	Seven	346	China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai – Newark	Seven	772	Continental Airlines
Shanghai – San Francisco	Seven	744	United Airlines

CHINA - USA AIR SERVICES IN SUMMER 2015
Route	Frequency	Aircraft Type	Operator
Beijing – Boston	Seven	788	Hainan Airlines
Beijing – Chicago	Seven	772	American Airlines
Beijing – Chicago	Seven	788	Hainan Airlines
Beijing – Chicago	Seven	744	United Airlines
Beijing – Dallas	Seven	788	American Airlines
Beijing – Detroit	Seven	332	Delta Air Lines
Beijing – Honolulu	Three	332	Air China
Beijing – Honolulu	Three	332	Hawaiian Airlines
Beijing – Houston	Seven	77W	Air China
Beijing - Los Angeles	Twenty One	77W	Air China
Beijing - New York JFK	Fourteen	74H / 77W	Air China
Beijing - Newark	Seven	772	United Airlines
Beijing – San Francisco	Seven	74H	Air China
Beijing – San Francisco	Seven	744	United Airlines
Beijing – San Jose	Five	788	Hainan Airlines
Beijing – Seattle	Seven	332	Delta Air Lines
Beijing – Seattle	Seven	332	Hainan Airlines
Beijing – Washington	Four	77W	Air China
Beijing – Washington	Seven	772	United Airlines
Chengdu - San Francisco	Seven	788	United Airlines
Guangzhou – Los Angeles	Eleven	388 / 788	China Southern Airlines
Guangzhou – New York JFK	Eleven	77W	China Southern Airlines
Guangzhou – San Francisco	Four	788	China Southern Airlines
Shanghai – Chicago	Seven	772	American Airlines
Shanghai – Chicago	Seven	744	United Airlines
Shanghai – Dallas	Seven	772	American Airlines
Shanghai – Detroit	Seven	744	Delta Air Lines
Shanghai – Honolulu	Seven	332	China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai – Los Angeles	Seven	772	American Airlines
Shanghai – Los Angeles	Seven	77L	Delta Air Lines
Shanghai – Los Angeles	Fourteen	77W / 332	China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai – Los Angeles	Seven	789	United Airlines
Shanghai – New York JFK	Seven	77W	China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai – Newark	Seven	772	United Airlines
Shanghai – San Francisco	Seven	332	China Eastern Airlines
Shanghai – San Francisco	Fourteen	744 / 772	United Airlines
Shanghai – Seatlle	Seven	332	Delta Air Lines
Wuhan – San Francisco	Three	788	China Southern Airlines

Jim Liu

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