China Xinjiang Airlines () was a Chinese airline owned by CAAC. It was based in Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, Xinjiang"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 1–7 April 1998. 57. "Diwopu International Airport, Urumqi, 830016, Xinjiang, China.""联系我们." China Xinjiang Airlines. Retrieved on October 12, 2012. "地址：中国新疆乌鲁木齐市迎宾路46号 地窝堡国际机场" and had a secondary hub in Changzhou Benniu International Airport in Changzhou, Jiangsu province.
The airline was absorbed by China Southern Airlines in 2003.
History
The airline was established as a detachment of the CAAC Xinjiang Regional Authority; it started operations on .
In late 1993 the airline took ownership of the first of five 72-seater ATR 72s that had been ordered in May the same year. This event was a milestone for China Xinjiang Airlines as it became the first Chinese airline in taking delivery and operating ATR aircraft. Xinjiang Airlines was evenly owned by CAAC and the Xinjiang Province and it had a fleet of two Antonov An-24s, two DHC-6 Twin Otters, one Ilyushin Il-86, eight SAP Y-8s and six Tupolev Tu-154Ms. the president position was held by Zhang Ruifu, who employed 4,597. At this time, Almaty, Beijing, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Jinan, Karamay, Korla, Kunming, Lanzhou, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tashkent, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xiamen, Xining, Yantai and Zhengzhou comprised the scheduled destination network. In 2001, Boeing 737-400s were deployed on a new route linking Urumqi with Hong Kong.
China Southern Airlines (CZ) integrated both China Northern Airlines and China Xinjiang Airlines into its operations; the takeover had been approved by the Chinese authorities in October 2002. China Xinjiang Airlines IATA's code "XO" became replaced with the CZ one for domestic operations in early 2003.
Fleet
China Xinjiang Airlines operated the following aircraft:
+ China Xinjiang Airlines fleet history Aircraft Total Introduced Retired NotesATR 72-500519972003Transferred to China Southern AirlinesAntonov An-24RV2Boeing 737-300219932003Two transferred to China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-400Boeing 737-7004 20012003Transferred to China Southern AirlinesBoeing 757-200919972003Transferred to China Southern AirlinesDHC-6 Twin Otter2Ilyushin Il-86119932003Tupolev Tu-154M619862001SAP Y-88
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References
External links
Xinjiang Branch – China Southern Airlines