Air China Recruitment

 

 

Direct Personnel are proud to be the recruitment partner for the national carrier of the People's Republic of China, Air China. From our Dublin office and co-ordinating with our Beijing Office, our aim is to offer a complete and thorough service to all contract pilots we place, a service unmatched in the industry. 

Please read below to find out more about the exciting opportunities on offer.

 

Air China

 

Air China Ltd 中国国际航空公司, Pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójì Hángkōng Gōngsī, is the People's Republic of China's state owned and second-largest commercial airline after China Southern Airlines. It is the flag carrier and the only airline to fly the national flag on its entire fleet. Its logo consists of a phoenix in the form of the acronym VIP, and "Air China" in both English and Chinese, which was autographed by Deng Xiaoping. It operates 5,090 flights each week worldwide and is also the 18th largest airline in the world by fleet size.

Air China's main hubs are Beijing Capital International Airport, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport, with other focus cities at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Tianjin Binhai International Airport and Hohhot Baita International Airport. Out of all Asian airlines, Air China currently flies to approximately 120 destinations; the most destinations from its own Beijing hub.

The airline flew 33.97 million passengers in 2006, with a passenger load factor of 75.9%. In the same year, it made a profit of 2.7 billion yuan, with an operating revenue of 44.9 billion yuan and total expenses standing at 42.4 billion yuan.

Air China Limited is currently the world's largest carrier by market capitalization. It overtook Singapore Airlines in 2007. It is the 4th largest airline in Asia, 5th largest in the world in terms of domestic cargo traffic and 17th largest airline in the world by terms of fleet size.

On June 20, 2007, Air China was ranked 461 out of the Worlds Top 500 Brands, an accolade in which Air China is the only airline known to be on the top 500.

IATA: CA

ICAO: CCA

Callsign: AIR CHINA

Fleet Details

• Airbus A319-100 33 (2 orders) 
• Airbus A320-200 6 
• Airbus A321-200 2 (22 orders)  
• Airbus A330-200 15 (5 orders) 
• Airbus A340-300 6 
• Boeing 737-300 41 
• Boeing 737-600 6  
• Boeing 737-700 20  
• Boeing 737-800 40 (20 orders) 
• Boeing 747-400 4 
• Boeing 747-400M 8 
• Boeing 757-200 12 
• Boeing 767-200ER 5 
• Boeing 767-300 4 
• Boeing 767-300ER 3 
• Boeing 777-200 10 
• Boeing 787-8 (15 orders)   
• McDonnell Douglas MD-11 4 

In addition the airline has on order, the new B787 Dreamliner, the B747-8F and the A380

 

About Beijing

 

Beijing Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng, a metropolis in northern China, is the capital city of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Beijing is also one of the four municipalities of the PRC, which are equivalent to provinces in China's administrative structure. Beijing Municipality borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.

Beijing is China's second largest city, after Shanghai. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and motorways passing through the city. It is also the focal point of many international flights to China. Beijing is recognised as the political, educational, and cultural center of the People's Republic of China, while Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in economic fields.

Beijing is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, and will host the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is also historically known in English as Peking (English)

Following the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping, the urban area of Beijing has expanded greatly. Formerly within the confines of the 2nd Ring Road and the 3rd Ring Road, the urban area of Beijing is now pushing at the limits of the recently-constructed 5th Ring Road and 6th Ring Road, with many areas that were formerly farmland now developed residential or commercial districts. A new commercial area has developed in the Guomao area, Wangfujing and Xidan have developed into flourishing shopping districts, while Zhongguancun has become a major centre of electronics in China.

In recent years, the expansion of Beijing has also brought to the forefront some problems of urbanization, such as heavy traffic, poor air quality, the loss of historic neighbourhoods, and significant influx of migrants from poorer regions of the country, especially rural areas.

Early 2005 saw the approval by government of a plan to finally stop the sprawling development of Beijing in all directions. Development of the Chinese capital would now proceed in two semicircular bands just outside of the city centre (both west and east) instead of being in concentric rings. 

The current population is 8.5 Million.

Geography and climate   
 
Beijing is situated at the northern tip of the roughly triangular North China Plain, which opens to the south and east of the city. Mountains to the north, northwest and west shield the city and northern China's agricultural heartland from the encroaching desert steppes.

The urban area of Beijing, is situated in the south-central part of the municipality and occupies a small but expanding part of the municipality's area. It spreads out in bands of concentric ring roads, of which the fifth and outermost (the Sixth Ring Road; the numbering starts at 2) passes through several satellite towns. Tian'anmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace) and Tian'anmen Square are at the centre of Beijing, and are directly to the south of the Forbidden City, former residence of the emperors of China. To the west of Tian'anmen is Zhongnanhai, residence of the paramount leaders of the People's Republic of China. Running through central Beijing from east to west is Chang'an Avenue, one of Beijing's main thoroughfares.

The city's climate is a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dwa), characterised by hot, humid summers due to the East Asian monsoon, and harshly cold, windy, dry winters that reflect the influence of the vast Siberian anticyclone. Average temperatures in January are at around -7 to -4 °C (19 to 24 °F), while average temperatures in July are at 25 to 26 °C (77 to 79 °F). Highest temperature ever recorded is 42°C and lowest recorded is -27°C.  Annual precipitation is over 600 mm, with 75% of that in summer.

 

Beijing Capital Airport

Beijing Capital International Airport, (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is the main international airport that serves the capital city of Beijing, People's Republic of China. The IATA Airport Code is PEK, reflecting Beijing's former Romanization Peking. The code BJS is also frequently used, reflecting the current pinyin spelling of Beijing and including all airports in the Beijing metropolitan area; currently, Beijing Capital (PEK) is the only civil aviation airport that falls under BJS.

The airport is located 20 km to the northeast of Beijing city center. Although many consider it to lie in Shunyi District, it is, in fact, an exclave of Chaoyang District, Beijing.

The airport is a primary hub of operations for Air China, which flies to around 120 destinations (excluding cargo). It is also a hub for Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines. The airport expansion is largely funded by a 500-million-euro (USD 625 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan is the largest ever granted by the EIB in Asia; the agreement was signed during the eighth China-EU Summit held in September 2005.

Beijing Capital is today the busiest airport in the People's Republic of China, having registered double-digit growth annually since the SARS crisis of 2003. In 2004, it became the busiest airport in Asia by aircraft movements, overtaking Tokyo International Airport (Haneda). In terms of passengers, Beijing was the second-busiest airport in Asia after Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and ninth-busiest worldwide in 2006. In 2006, it served 48,501,102 passengers, moved 1,028,908 million tonnes of cargo and had 376,340 aircraft movements. In 2006, BCIA is the 30th busiest airport in terms of traffic movements and the only airport in the Asia/Pacific region to appear in the top 30. It is also the 20th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic. It operates around 1100 flights a day, and is expected to rise to 1500-1600 at the Olympics in 2008.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

Air China - http://www.air-china.co.uk/en/worldwide.html

Beijing Capital Airport - http://en.bcia.com.cn/

Wikitravel - http://wikitravel.org/en/Beijing

 

Minimum requirements 

 

For the current job openings for A330 Captains the requirements are as follows :

Minimum flight time Captains  A330:

Total Hours: Ideally a minimum of 6000 Hours

PIC Hours on type: 1000 PIC Hours on A330

Minimum qualifications :

1.      Captains must hold a current and valid JAA/ FAA / ICAO ATPL

2.      A valid Class 1 Medical

3.      A valid A330 type rating

4.      Last Sim Check within past 12 months

5.      Last flight within the last 6 months

6.      Age: Below 55 on first day on base

7.      No history of accidents or incidents

8.      Must have excellent Aviation English

Candidates who meet the criteria will be invited to Beijing for Screening, Medical, Sim check and ATPL Exam.

 

How to apply ?       

 

 

Candidates who meet the above critea and wish to apply, can you please download this form fill it out and return it to Claire Doyle at cdoyle@directpersonnel.com

Feel free to contact our team in Dublin for further information : Contact lead recruiter Claire Doyle.

Direct Personnel International Ltd.

Tel : +353-1-8138400

Fax: +353-1-8138401

e-mail : cdoyle@directpersonnel.com

Further details, such as the applicable terms and conditions, are available upon application.