Eurasia, China through Sino-German air routes
Eurasia Aviation Corporation was a Sino-German airline founded in 1930, with Chinese capital and German technical direction. The original idea of linking Europe to China through Siberia finally became a Chinese domestic network.
The plan explores 1930s Chinese aviation: Hong Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Urumqi, Beijing, Chengdu, Kunming and Hanoi.
A little-known airline caught between commercial ambition and politics.
Connect cities, plateaus and major basins with Junkers aircraft.
A robust vintage aircraft gives the right tone.
Long distances, terrain, weather and historical stops.
Understanding the flight
The appeal is the context: an ambitious Sino-German cooperation soon overtaken by tensions between the Kuomintang, Soviets and Nazi Germany.
The Chinese network is the real subject. It is not a simple trip, but an attempt to structure commercial aviation across a huge country.
Before departure
- Choose a robust vintage aircraft rather than something too fast.
- Split the plan into regional lines: coast, central China, western route, north and southwest.
- Keep clear weather over plateau and mountain sections.
- Prepare manual historical stops when old codes no longer match modern airports.
Suggested route
South coast and central valley
Hong Kong, Canton, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai show the most commercial face of the network.
VHHH → ZGGG → ZGHA → ZHCC → ZSNJ → ZSPD
Western route
Xi'an, Lanzhou, Yinchuan, Hami and Urumqi open the drier and longer continental section.
ZSPD → ZLXY → ZLLL → HAMI → ZWWW
North and capital
Hohhot, Beijing and Taiyuan create a northern axis where distances remain large.
ZWWW → ZBHH → ZBAA → ZBYN
Interior China and Indochina
Chengdu, Kunming and Hanoi place the network back into southwest Asian links.
ZBYN → ZUUU → ZPPP → VVNB
Experience tips
Give this page an airline rhythm: regular flights, useful stops and a route log.
Long interior legs are easier to appreciate with a slow aircraft and separated sessions.
Copyright Michel Lagneau 2010