China Xinjiang Airlines

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China Xinjiang Airlines (IATA code XO ; ICAO code CXJ) was an airline based in the People's Republic of China owned by CAAC. 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 the Jiangsu province near Nanjing. It operated a fleet of ATR72, Boeing 757-200 and Ilyushin Il-86 aircraft when it was merged into China Southern Airlines.

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• Airlines Remembered: China Xinjiang Airlines
• Aviation photos: China Xinjiang Airlines
• Airline timetable image: China Xinjiang Airlines

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• Xinjiang Airlines maintains China's longest safe flight record (January 03, 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)