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China Xinjiang Airlines

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XO
  
CXJ

Headquarters
  
Ürümqi

Ceased operations
  
2003

CXJ
  
Xinjiang

Founded
  
1985

Parent organization
  
China Southern Airlines

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China Xinjiang Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国新疆航空公司; traditional Chinese: 中國新疆航空公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīnjiāng Hángkōng Gōngsī) was a Chinese airline owned by CAAC. It had its headquarters on the property of Diwopu International Airport in Urumqi. In 2003, the airline was acquired by China Southern Airlines.

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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 Jiangsu province.

Fleet

China Xinjiang operated the following aircraft types, when it was merged into China Southern Airlines.

  • ATR-72
  • Boeing 737-700
  • Boeing 757-200
  • Ilyushin Il-86

    • Former fleet included DHC-6 and Tupolev Tu-154.

    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)

    • References

    China Xinjiang Airlines Wikipedia
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