China Xinjiang Airlines

Logo of China Xinjiang Airlines

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 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 Ilyushin Il-86 in 1997.

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.

External links

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)