Xiamen Airlines

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Xiamen Airlines (simplified Chinese: 厦门航空; pinyin: Xiàmén Hángkōng) is the first airline company in People's Republic of China run by private individuals, established on July 25, 1984, and based in Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport. The rights are shared by China Southern Airlines 60% and Xiamen Construction and Development Group 40%.

Its main base is in Xiamen, but it also had hubs at Fuzhou and Wuyishan in the Fujian province and at Hangzhou in Zhejiang province. Besides domestic operations, it also flies to Seoul, Osaka, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Bangkok. Due to Xiamen's proximity to Taiwan, it is expected that Xiamen Airlines would be the first to fly to Taiwan when politics allow.

1 Code data
2 Destinations
3 Incidents and accidents
4 Fleet
5 Future Development
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Code data

IATA Code: MF
ICAO Code: CXA
Callsign: XIAMEN AIR ^[1]

[edit] Destinations

Further information: Xiamen Airlines destinations

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On October 2, 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 from Xiamen to Guangzhou, a Boeing 737-247 jetliner, hijacked shortly after took off from Xiamen, and crashed into Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, caused a total of 128 fatalies, and 2 other aircraft in the apron were destroyed.

[edit] Fleet

A Xiamen Airlines 737 at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport.

The Xiamen Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2] :

Previously operated:

1 Boeing 737-200

Xiamen Airlines average fleet age is 7.3 years old in june 2006.

[edit] Future Development

China Southern Airlines signed an initial agreement to purchase 13 Boeing 787 aircraft, 3 of which were for its affiliate, Xiamen Airlines. Aircraft deliveries are expected between 2008 and 2010. ^[3]

In Dec 2005, Xiamen Airlines inked an order for 10 Boeing 737-800 aircraft to be equipped with Blended Winglets, and to be delivered from mid-2006 to 2008. This order forms part of the 70 plane general purchase agreement signed by China Aviation Supplies Import & Export Group Corporation and The Boeing Company when President Bush visited China in Nov 2005.

In June 2006 it was reported that Xiamen airlines had cancelled its order for 3 787s in favour of 6 737-800s. ^[4] It had previously ordered 21 Boeing 737-700 and -800s, 11 of which it have been delivered to date.