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China Airlines, the flag carrier of Taiwan, was founded #onthisday in 1959 by retired Chinese Air Force officers. During the airline's modest beginning, it only had 26 employees and 2 PBY-5A Catalina amphibians. By 1962, the company had a round-the-island route operated by Douglas DC-3s and Curtiss C-46 Commandos. By 1969, the airline was expanding rapidly, and transpacific service to San Francisco began in 1970 with the acquisition of the Boeing 707 jetliner. Have you ever flown on China Airlines? Image: China Airlines postcard, Boeing 707, 1980s. SFO Museum Collection. Gift of Mark F. Adams Collection. 2001.106.242 This image was posted on December 16, 2017.

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China Airlines. It is related to China Airlines (the company) .