Hainan Airlines

Hainan Airlines
海南航空公司
IATA
HU
ICAO
CHH
Callsign
CHINA HAINAN
Founded 1989
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program Fortune Wings Club
Fleet size 112
Destinations 90
Parent company Grand China Air
Headquarters Haikou, Hainan, China
Key people Li Xiaoming (Chairman)
Website www.hnair.com

Hainan Airlines Company Limited (HNA) (SSE: 600221) (Chinese: 海南航空公司; Pinyin: Hǎinán Hángkōng Gōngsī) is an airline headquartered in the HNA Development Building in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China.[1] It is the largest privately-owned air transport company and the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in the People's Republic of China. It operates scheduled domestic and international services on 500 routes from Hainan and nine locations on the mainland, as well as charter services. Its main base is Haikou Meilan International Airport,[2] with hubs at Beijing Capital International Airport, Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, Taiyuan Wusu Airport and Urumqi Diwopu International Airport.

Hainan Airlines is one of the seven airlines to be ranked as a 5-star airline by the independent research consultancy firm Skytrax,[3] having been promoted on January 11, 2011. This made it the first mainland Chinese carrier to win that award.[4]

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History and development

Hainan Airlines was established in October 1989 as Hainan Province Airlines in Hainan, the largest special economy zone in China. It was then renamed as Hainan Airlines and became China's first joint-stock air-transport enterprise in January 1993 and began scheduled services on 2 May 1993.

Executive-jet operations with a Bombardier Learjet 55 were added in April 1995. In 1998, Hainan Airlines became the first Chinese carrier to own shares in an airport after it purchased 25% stake of Haikou Meilan International Airport.

In 2000, HNA Group (Hainan Airlines Group) was established which became parent company of Hainan Airlines. It also controlled Shanxi Airlines, Chang'an Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines.

On November 30, 2007, a new company called Grand China Airlines Holding Company (GCAHC) was formed under the initiative of the HNA group's largest operational entity, Hainan Airlines. The airline planned to merge its operations with all HNA Group's aviaition subsidiaries. The new holding company was held jointly by Hainan province government (48.6%), HNA group (32.8%) and George Soros (18.6%). As a result, a new airline called Grand China Air (Chinese: 大新華航空) was founded. According to the plan, the former four airlines under HNA group, Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines, Chang'an Airlines, and China Xinhua Airlines should be transferred into Grand China Air in the near future.

In addition, HNA group also invests in other airlines, including Beijing Capital Airlines (70%), Lucky Air (67.95%), Zest Airways[5] (undisclosed but approximated to be at 40%), Tianjin Airlines (20%), Yangtze River Express (51%), Hong Kong Airlines (45%) and Hong Kong Express Airways (45%).[2]

Hainan Airlines also plan to set up a Cargo division operating freighter aircraft in 2012 and invest in Turkish carrier ACT Airlines Cargo.[6]

Destinations

Hainan Airlines has established seven airline bases in Beijing, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Guangzhou, Lanzhou,Dalian and Shenzhen, as well as an extensive network across the People's Republic of China, and connecting Asia, Europe, America and Africa. It serves nearly 500 domestic and international routes and flies to more than 90 cities.

Hainan operates international regular flights and offers charter flights to various destinations such as flights from Beijing to Berlin, Budapest, Brussels, Seattle, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Male; Beijing to Luanda (transfer in Dubai); Beijing, Xi'an, Dalian, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Haikou to Taipei; Urumqi to Astana and Istanbul; Sanya to Seoul; Beijing, Haikou, Hangzhou to Bangkok and Sydney (transfer in Shenzhen); Dalian via Hefei to Singapore and others.[7]

Codeshare agreements

As of January 2010, Hainan Airlines had codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[8]

Fleet

As of May 2011, the Hainan Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 5.2 years:[11]

Hainan Airlines fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
P C Y Total
Airbus A319 1 TBA
Airbus A320 6 TBA
Airbus A330-200 7 36 186 222
Airbus A330-200F 1 Cargo
Airbus A330-300 3 32 260 292
Airbus A340-600 3 8 60 220 288
Boeing 737-300 1 144 144
Boeing 737-400 6 8 138 146
Boeing 737-800 63 8 156 164
Boeing 767-300ER 3 34 199 233
Boeing 787-8 10 36 179 215[12]
Boeing 787-9 30 TBA
COMAC C919 20 TBA
Dornier 328 26
Total 112 68

The subfleet of Dornier 328 aircraft is operated by Tianjin Airlines.[13]

Aircraft orders

Fortune Wings Club

Hainan Airlines's frequent-flyer program is called Fortune Wings Club (simplified Chinese: 金鹏俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 金鵬俱樂部). The airlines's subsidiaries Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express Airways, Lucky Air, China West Air are also parts of the program. It is also possible for passengers to collect miles on the airlines which have codeshares with Hainan Airlines.[15] Members can earn miles on flights as well as through consumption with Hainan Airlines's credit card. When enough miles are collected, members can be upgraded to Elite members which are divided into two tiers: Fortune Wings Gold membership and Silver Card membership. Elite membership can enjoy extra privileged services.[16]

Fortune Wings Club Elite Membership Tiers
Tier Level Benefits Requirements
Gold
  • Extra Bonus Miles: +50%
  • Priority Booking and Wait List
  • Guaranteed Full Price Economy Class Ticket: 48 hrs prior to departure
  • Free Refund of Hainan Airlines Flights Before the Flight Departs
  • Check-in at First Class Counter For member and one companion
  • Extra Baggage Allowance: 20KG or *1 piece
  • First Class Lounge with one companion

50,000 miles or 40 flights

Silver
  • Extra Bonus Miles: +25%
  • Priority Booking and Wait List
  • Free Refund of Hainan Airlines Flights Before the Flight Departs
  • Check-in at Business Class Counter
  • Extra Baggage Allowance: 10KG or *1 piece
  • Business Class Lounge

30,000 miles or 20 flights

Hainan Airlines subsidiaries

While operating one of China's largest commercial Airlines, Hainan Airlines also operates numerous subsidiaries in a variety of related and unrelated industries, including: 11 airports, 47 hotels and inns, 13 financial service providers, 5 marine transport firms and 2 retailers.[17]

References

External links

People's Republic of China portal
Companies portal
Aviation portal