China Southwest Airlines

China Southwest Airlines

IATA SZ ICAO CXN Callsign CHINA SOUTHWEST
Founded	15 October 1987
Ceased operations	28 October 2002 (merged with Air China)
Fleet size	46
Headquarters	Shuangliu Airport Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
Website	www.cswa.com

China Southwest Airlines Boeing 757-200

China Southwest Airlines (CSWA, simplified Chinese: 中国西南航空公司; traditional Chinese: 中國西南航空公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīnán Hángkōng Gōngsī) was an airline with its head office on the property of Shuangliu Airport in Shuangliu County, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.^[1] It was merged into Air China in 2002.

China Southwest Airlines had its main hub at Chengdu Shuangliu, Sichuan Province and also maintained a hub at Chongqing. The airline was the sole carrier flying to Lhasa until 2002. Although it mainly served domestic routes from its hub Chengdu and Chongqing, it also had limited international flights to Bangkok, Chiangmai, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Osaka and Seoul. China Southwest Airlines operated a fleet of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-600, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 757-200 and Airbus A340-300 aircraft.

On 28 October 2002, China Southwest Airlines was merged into Air China.

Incidents and accidents

• On January 18, 1988, China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146, an Ilyushin 18D crashed while on approach to Chongqing Airport. All 108 people on board were killed.^[2]
• On October 2, 1990, a hijacked Xiamen Airlines airliner sideswiped a China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707 before crashing into a third airliner. Nobody on the 707 died.
• On February 24, 1999, Flight 4509 crashed into a field while on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing all 61 passengers and crew members on board.

See also

• Aviation
• Aviation industry in the People's Republic of China

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to China Southwest Airlines.

• China Southwest Airlines (Archive, 2002-2004)
• China Southwest Airlines (Archive, 2000)
• China Southwest Airlines (Archive) (simplified Chinese)
• China Southwest Airlines Former Fleets Detail

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