Xiamen Airlines

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Xiamen Airlines
IATA MF	ICAO CXA	Callsign XIAMEN AIR
Founded		July 25,1984
Hubs		Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport Fuzhou Chengle International Airport
Focus cities		Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Egret Card
Fleet size		40
Destinations		54
Parent company		China Southern Airlines- major stockholder
Headquarters		Xiamen, China
Key people		{{{key_people}}}
Website: [2]

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.

Contents 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

The Xiamen Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2007) ^[2] :

• 9 Boeing 737-300 -500 Original and Classic
• 22 Boeing 737-700 -800 Next Generation
• 9 Boeing 757-200

Xiamen Airlines average fleet age is 6.8 years old in February 2007.

Aircraft on order for future delivery:

• ACAC ARJ21 (2008)

[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.

[edit] External links

• Xiamen Airlines
• Xiamen Airlines Fleet Age
• Xiamen Airlines Fleet Detail
• Xiamen Airlines Passenger Opinions

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ [[1]]
3. ^ Airliner World, April 2005
4. ^ Orders changed