China Xinjiang Airlines
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China Xinjiang Airlines (中国新疆航空公司) (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
.
Former fleet included DHC-6 and Tupolev Tu-154
.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in the People's Republic of China
China
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owned by CAAC
Civil Aviation Administration of China
The Civil Aviation Administration of China , formerly the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China , is the aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents...
. In 2003, the airline was acquired by China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. It is the world's sixth-largest airline measured by passengers carried, and Asia's largest airline in terms of both fleet size and passengers carried...
.
The airline had been founded in 1985. It was based in Ürümqi
Ürümqi
Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country....
, the provincial capital of Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
, and had a secondary hub in Changzhou
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the...
in the Jiangsu
Jiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
province near Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
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Former destinations
Besides domestic routes, China Xinjiang also served the following:- Kazakhstan - Almaty
- Kyrghyzstan - Bishkek
- Pakistan - Islamabad
- Russia - Moscow, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg
- Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Fleet
China Xinjiang operated the following aircraft types, when it was merged into China Southern Airlines.- ATR-72
- Boeing 737-700Boeing 737The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...
- Boeing 757-200
- Ilyushin Il-86Ilyushin Il-86The Ilyushin Il-86 is a medium-range wide-body jet airliner. It was the USSR's first wide-body and the world's second four-engined wide-body...
Former fleet included DHC-6 and Tupolev Tu-154
Tupolev Tu-154
The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown...
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Websites
- Airlines Remembered: China Xinjiang Airlines
- Aviation photos: China Xinjiang Airlines
- Airline timetable image: China Xinjiang Airlines
Articles
- Xinjiang Airlines maintains China's longest safe flight record (January 3, 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)