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China Northern Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国北方航空; traditional Chinese: 中國北方航空; pinyin: Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng) was an airline headquartered on the grounds of Dongta Airport, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
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Besides Shenyang, it also had three hubs at Harbin, Changchun and Sanya.
It was one of six major airline corporations that were formed as a result of the breakup of CAAC's airline operations. It initially operated a fleet of Airbus A300, McDonnell-Douglas MD-80, MD-90 and, later, Airbus A321 aircraft. It operated predominantly domestic destinations and also to North Korea, South Korea and Japan.
History
China Northern Airlines was established in 1990 to act as a successor to Swan Airlines. It later merged into China Southern Airlines in 2003.