Airline-dle
Puzzle #42 was Air China.
Air China, officially Air China Limited, is a Chinese airline and the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered in Shunyi, Beijing. The airline offers both domestic and international flights to different destinations around China and the world.
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What the record says
Puzzle 42 ran on 22 Aug 2026 and the answer was Air China, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - China; Region - Asia; Status - active; Alliance - Star Alliance. The numbers: Founded - 1980.
Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - AIR CHINA; Codes - CA / CCA.
Airline-dle builds its record from OpenFlights - Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and Wikidata - CC0 1.0 (region, founding decade, alliance, hub, headquarters). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia
- Status
- active
- Founded
- 1980
- Alliance
- Star Alliance
Also on the record
- Callsign
- AIR CHINA
- Codes
- CA / CCA