Air China Co Ltd earned a 6.28 billion yuan ($990.1 million) net profit in the first three quarters of 2015 with a 98.09 percent year-on-year growth, the flagship carrier of China announced on Friday.

Its operation revenue arrived at 82.381 billion yuan in the first three quarters, 4.33 percent higher than the same period of 2015.

The financial report also showed that the sales amount of the carrier's direct selling channels, including its official website, calling center and counters, increased 40.13 percent in this year's first three quarters from the same period of last year, while the sales through agencies only grew 2.20 percent.