Chang'an Airlines

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Chang'an Airlines (长安航空)
IATA
2Z
ICAO
CGN
Callsign
CHANGAN
Founded 1992
Hubs Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Secondary hubs Yinchuan Hedong Airport
Fleet size 4
Parent company Hainan Airlines (73.51%)
Headquarters Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
Website http://www.changan-air.net

Chang’an Airlines Co., Ltd. (长安航空) was an airline based in Xi'an, Shaanxi, the People's Republic of China. It operated scheduled, passenger and cargo services within Shaanxi province and to neighbouring provinces. Its main base was Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, with a hub at Yinchuan Hedong Airport.[1] In Nov 29, 2007, it merged with Shanxi Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines to form Grand China Air, a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines.

History

The airline was established on 24 December 1992 and started operations on 1 June 1993. Hainan Airlines owns a 73.51% stake in Changan Airlines.[1]

Fleet

A Chang'an Airlines Boeing 737-700 taxiing. (2008)
Chang An Airlines Airplane in Chengdu International airport

The Chang'an Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2013):[2]

Retired

Chang'an Airlines also operated the following aircraft in the past:[3]

  • 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 63. 
  2. Chang'an Airlines fleet list at ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  3. Flight International, 3–9 October 2006

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