China Xinjiang Airlines

China Xinjiang Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign XO CXJ Xinjiang[1]
Founded	1985
Ceased operations	2003
Headquarters	Diwopu International Airport, Urumqi

China Xinjiang Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国新疆航空公司; traditional Chinese: 中國新疆航空公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīnjiāng Hángkōng Gōngsī) was a Chinese airline owned by CAAC. It had its headquarters on the property of Diwopu International Airport in Urumqi.^[2][3] In 2003, the airline was acquired by China Southern Airlines.

The airline had been founded in 1985. It was based in Ürümqi, the provincial capital of Xinjiang, and had a secondary hub in Changzhou in Jiangsu province.

Fleet

China Xinjiang Airlines Ilyushin Il-86 in 1997.

China Xinjiang operated the following aircraft types, when it was merged into China Southern Airlines.

China Xinjiang Airlines Boeing 757 at Ürümqi Airport in 1999.

• ATR-72
• Boeing 737-700
• Boeing 757-200
• Ilyushin Il-86

Former fleet included DHC-6 and Tupolev Tu-154.

Articles

• Xinjiang Airlines maintains China's longest safe flight record (January 3, 2003)
• China Northern & Xinjiang Airlines using China Southern flight code on domestic flights (January 10, 2003)
• China Northern Airlines and Xinjiang Airlines now using China Southern flight code on all international flights (March 28, 2003)
• Continued integration of China Northern & Xinjiang Airlines (April 8, 2003)
• People's Daily article: "China Southern signs asset acquisition agreement". (November 17, 2004)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to China Xinjiang Airlines.

• Xinjiang Branch - China Southern Airlines (simplified Chinese)
• Xinjiang Airlines (Archive) (simplified Chinese)
• Airlines Remembered: China Xinjiang Airlines
• Aviation photos: China Xinjiang Airlines
• Airline timetable image: China Xinjiang Airlines

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