Xiamen Air
| Xiamen Airlines 厦门 航空 |
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| IATA code : | MF |
| ICAO code : | CXA |
| Call sign : | XIAMEN AIR |
| Founding: | 1984 |
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Xiamen , People's Republic of China
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| Home airport : | Xiamen |
| IATA prefix code : | 731 |
| Management: | Shanglun Che |
| Passenger volume: | 15.21 million (2011) |
| Alliance : | SkyTeam |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Egret Club |
| Fleet size: | 167 (+ 33 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.xiamenair.com |
Xiamen Airlines ( 廈門 航空 / 厦门 航空 , Xiàmén Hángkōng ) is the fourth largest Chinese airline based in Xiamen and based at Xiamen Airport . It is a subsidiary of China Southern Airlines and a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance .
history
Xiamen Airlines was founded in 1984 as a joint venture between the Ministry of Civil Aviation ( CAAC ) and the Fujian Provincial Government . Flight operations began in January 1985 with three Boeing 737-200s made available by CAAC . The company then ordered two Boeing 737-300s and three 757-200s through the state purchasing company.
In 1991, China Southern Airlines took over the 60 percent stake in CAAC and has since used Xiamen Airlines as a feeder for its route network. To this end, the fleet was expanded in the following years and, in addition to Xiamen, bases were set up in Fuzhou , Hangzhou , Wuyishan , Guangzhou and Nanchang .
In November 2011 it was announced that Xiamen Airlines in late 2012 the airline alliance SkyTeam will join. Xiamen Airlines was supported by its parent company China Southern.
Xiamen Airlines plans to offer transcontinental connections to Sydney, New York and London in the future.
Destinations
The route network of Xiamen Airlines mainly covers the south-east of China, but there are also destinations throughout China as well as other important Asian destinations.
fleet
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As of March 2020, the Xiamen Airlines fleet consists of 167 aircraft with an average age of 6.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( First / Business / Eco ) |
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| Boeing 737-700 | 7th | with winglets fitted | 128 (- / 8/120) | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 138 | 7th | equipped with winglets; 3 in SkyTeam -, B-5688 in 100th Boeing special livery | 164 (- / 8/156) 170 (- / 8/162) |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 10 | 10 | inactive | - open - |
| Boeing 737 MAX 10 | 10 | - open - | ||
| Boeing 787-8 | 6th | 237 (4/18/215) | ||
| Boeing 787-9 | 6th | B-1356 in "United Dream" - special livery | 287 (- / 30/257) | |
| Comac ARJ21 | 6th | - open - | ||
| total | 167 | 33 |
Incidents
From its inception in 1984 to December 2018, Xiamen Airlines recorded three total losses, including one with 82 fatalities (and eight kidnappings). Example:
- On October 2, 1990, a hijacked Boeing 737-247 of Xiamen Airlines (B-2510) collided with two other aircraft at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (old) . When the pilots wanted to make an emergency landing due to lack of fuel, there was a scuffle with the kidnapper during the landing phase, whereupon the plane landed hard and came off the runway. It collided with a parked Boeing 707 from China Southwest Airlines (B-2402) and a Boeing 757-21B from China Southern Airlines (B-2812) , the pilots of which were waiting for take-off clearance. In the runaway Boeing 737, 82 of the 102 people on board were killed, while in the Boeing 757, 46 of the 122 occupants were killed. In the Boeing 707, the only crew member on board survived (see also Xiamen Airlines flight 8301 ) .
See also
Web links
- Data about the airline Xiamen Air in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Xiamen Airlines website (Chinese, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ xiamenair.com - About Xiamen Airlines: Airline Profile , accessed on April 25, 2013
- ↑ xiamenair.com - Airline Profile ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed January 17, 2013
- ↑ aero.de - Xiamen Airlines joins SkyTeam
- ^ Xiamen Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Boeing - Orders and Deliveries , accessed June 25, 2017
- ↑ flightglobal.com - ARJ21 orderbook climbs to 41 as Xiamen signs up (English), April 3, 2004
- ↑ Xiamen Airlines signs for 30 737 Max aircraft. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
- ↑ xiamenair.com - Seat Maps ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed December 6, 2015
- ↑ Accident statistics Xiamen Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 2, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report of the collision in Guangzhou: B-707 B-2402 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report of the collision in Guangzhou: B-737-200 B-2510 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report of the collision in Guangzhou: B-757 B-2812 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 27, 2019.
