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British Airways fleet
The British Airways fleet is the aircraft operated by the UK flag carrier and its subsidiaries BA CityFlyer and BA Euroflyer, an all-jet fleet of about 291 aircraft.
Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines is the national airline of Belgium and a Lufthansa Group carrier, operating from Brussels Airport to more than 90 destinations since its 2007 launch.
Buffalo Airways
Buffalo Airways is a family-owned Canadian airline based in Yellowknife, NWT, purchased by Joe McBryan in 1970. It offers charter, cargo, and firefighting services across the Canadian North.
Business class
Business class, also called executive class, is the premium airline cabin between first and economy, pioneered by Pan Am's Clipper Class in 1978 and adopted by Qantas in 1979.
Canadian Airlines
Canadian Airlines International was Canada's second-largest airline, formed in 1987 from CP Air, Pacific Western, and other carriers, based in Calgary, and absorbed by Air Canada in 2000 after chronic losses.
Cape Air
Cape Air, legally Hyannis Air Service, is an American commuter airline founded in 1989 by Dan Wolf, headquartered in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and described as the largest commuter airline in the United States.
Cargo airline
A cargo airline is an airline dedicated to transporting freight rather than passengers, from all-cargo carriers and combination airlines to integrated express carriers such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, and TNT.
Cargolux
Cargolux Airlines International S.A. is an all-cargo airline founded in 1970 and headquartered at Luxembourg Airport, operating an all-Boeing 747 freighter fleet on scheduled and charter services to over 70 destinations worldwide.
Caribbean Airlines
Caribbean Airlines, formally Caribbean Airlines Limited, is the state-owned flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago, formed in 2007 to replace BWIA and owned by Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.
CASM (airlines)
CASM, or cost per available seat mile, is the airline industry's unit-cost measure, calculated as total operating expenses divided by available seat miles and used to compare carriers' efficiency.
CASS (aviation)
CASS (Cargo Accounts Settlement System) is an IATA-run billing and settlement system for air cargo, handling over $50 billion a year across more than 90 countries.
Cathay Dragon (港龙航空有限公司)
Cathay Dragon, legally Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited and called Dragonair until 2016, was a Hong Kong regional airline that ceased operations in October 2020.
Cathay Pacific (国泰航空)
Cathay Pacific (国泰航空, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, CX/CPA) is Hong Kong's full-service airline, founded 1946, a oneworld founding member, majority-held by Swire Pacific with Air China as second shareholder, operating passenger, cargo, and HK Express businesses from Hong Kong International Airport.
Cathay Pacific fleet
The Cathay Pacific fleet is the aircraft fleet of Hong Kong's flag carrier Cathay, with 159 passenger and 20 freighter aircraft as of December 2025.
Cebu Pacific
Cebu Pacific, also known as Cebu Pacific Air, is a Philippine low-cost airline and the country's leading carrier, flying domestic and international routes from five hubs.
CHC Helicopter
CHC Helicopter, also known as Okanagan Helicopters, is a Texas-based company providing helicopter services, including offshore crew transport for the energy industry, search and rescue, and maintenance through Heli-One.
China Airlines (中华航空)
China Airlines, also known as Zhōnghuá Hángkōng, is the largest airline based in Taiwan. Founded in 1959, it is government-owned and joined the SkyTeam alliance in 2011.
China Eastern Airlines (中国东方航空股份有限公司)
China Eastern Airlines, also known as China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited, is a Shanghai-based Chinese airline and one of China's three major carriers, flying nearly 800 aircraft.
China International Freight Airlines (Guohuo Hang)
China International Freight Airlines (国货航) is a Beijing-based Chinese cargo airline founded in 2003 from Air China's cargo business, controlled by China Aviation Group and listed in Shenzhen in 2024.
China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空)
China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空) is China's largest airline by passenger traffic, headquartered in Guangzhou and operating a fleet of over 900 aircraft from hubs in Guangzhou and Beijing.
Christopher Ryan (aviation executive)
Christopher "Christy" Ryan was an Irish aviation executive, formerly of Aer Lingus and Guinness Peat Aviation, who co-founded Ryanair and flew its first Waterford to Gatwick service in 1985.
Civil Air Transport (民航空运公司)
Civil Air Transport (民航空运公司), or CAT, was an airline founded in China in 1946 by Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer, secretly owned by the CIA from 1950.
Codeshare agreement
A codeshare agreement is a commercial arrangement in which one airline places its code on a flight operated by another airline and sells tickets as its own.
Condor (airline)
Condor, legally Condor Flugdienst GmbH, is a German leisure airline based at Frankfurt Airport. Founded in 1955, it flies over nine million passengers a year to around 90 destinations.
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines was a major US airline founded in 1934 that filed landmark Chapter 11 bankruptcies in 1983 and 1990 before merging into United Airlines in 2010.
Controller–pilot data link communications
Controller–pilot data link communications (CPDLC) lets air traffic controllers and pilots exchange standardized, pre-formatted ATC messages by data link, freeing congested voice channels for urgent traffic.
Copa Airlines
Copa Airlines, legally Compañía Panameña de Aviación, is the flag carrier of Panama, founded in 1947 and flying from its Panama City hub to 84 destinations.
Coulson Aviation
Coulson Aviation is a family-owned aerial firefighting company founded in 1985 in Port Alberni, British Columbia, operating converted Boeing 737 and C-130 large air tankers.
Crew scheduling and pairing optimization
Crew scheduling and pairing optimization is the airline operations research problem of building minimum-cost crew itineraries that cover every scheduled flight under safety and labor rules.
Croatia Airlines
Croatia Airlines, registered in Zagreb in 1989 as Zagreb Airlines (Zagal) and renamed in 1990, is Croatia's majority state-owned national airline based at Zagreb, a Star Alliance member since 2004.