XiamenAir
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Founded | 25 July 1984 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Egret Miles | ||||||
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Fleet size | 165 | ||||||
Destinations | 70 | ||||||
Parent company | China Southern Airlines (55%) | ||||||
Headquarters | 22 Dailiao Road, Xiamen, Fujian[3] | ||||||
Key people | Che Shanglun (Director, President) | ||||||
Website | www |
XiamenAir, also known as Xiamen Airlines,[4] is a Chinese passenger airline based in Xiamen, Fujian Province.[5] The airline operates scheduled passenger flights out of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and, to a lesser extent, Beijing Daxing International Airport, Fuzhou Changle International Airport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. The airline is owned by China Southern Airlines (55%), Xiamen Construction and Development Group (34%), and Fujian Investment & Development Group (11%). XiamenAir holds a 99.47% stake in Hebei Airlines and a 60% stake in Jiangxi Airlines.
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Simplified Chinese | 厦门航空 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 廈門航空 | ||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Xiàmén Hángkōng | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Xiamen Airlines | ||||||||||
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History
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The airline was established as a domestic carrier on July 25, 1984, primarily to connect the province of Fujian to the rest of China. As China's aviation sector developed the airline expanded to regional Asian destinations while the delivery of wide-body Boeing 787 Dreamliners permitted the airline to offer long-distance services. The airline's first inter-continental expansion was to Europe which commenced with an Amsterdam service from July 26, 2015, and a Paris service from December 11, 2018.[6] Services to Sydney followed from November 30, 2015,[7] and Melbourne a year later. The airline's first North American service, to Vancouver was launched on July 26, 2016.[8] XiamenAir's first US service was to Seattle followed by Los Angeles and then New York.
By early 2020, the airline had set up bases at Fuzhou Changle International Airport, Nanchang Changbei International Airport, Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Changsha Huanghua International Airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport(moved from Beijing Capital International Airport in 2020), Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.[9]
Destinations
Alliance
On 17 November 2011, XiamenAir signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the airline alliance SkyTeam. On 21 November 2012, the airline was officially welcomed as the 19th member of SkyTeam.[10]
Codeshare agreements
XiamenAir has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[11]
- Air France (Joint Venture Partner)[12]
- China Eastern Airlines
- China Southern Airlines (Joint Venture Partner)[12]
- Garuda Indonesia
- Japan Airlines
- KLM (Joint Venture Partner)[12]
- Korean Air
- Malaysia Airlines
- Mandarin Airlines
- Philippine Airlines
- Saudia
- Vietnam Airlines[13]
Joint Venture agreements
XiamenAir has joint venture agreements with the following airlines
Fleet
As of November 2022[update], XiamenAir operates an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:[14][15][16]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
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F | B | E | Total | ||||
Airbus A320neo | — | 25 | TBA | Deliveries from 2024.[17] | |||
Airbus A321neo | — | 15 | — | 8 | 199 | 207 | First scheduled flight in March 2023.[18] |
Boeing 737-700 | 9 | — | — | 8 | 120 | 128 | |
Boeing 737-800 | 134 | — | — | 8 | 156 | 164 | |
8 | 162 | 170 | |||||
— | 184 | 184 | |||||
Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 10 | 17 | — | — | 184 | 184 | |
Boeing 737 MAX 10 | — | 10 | TBA | Order from the parent company[19] | |||
Boeing 787-8 | 6 | — | 4 | 18 | 215 | 237 | |
Boeing 787-9 | 6 | — | — | 30 | 257 | 287 | |
Total | 165 | 67 |
Fleet history
XiamenAir has previously operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]
Accidents and incidents
- On October 2, 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 from Xiamen to Guangzhou, a Boeing 737-200 jetliner, was hijacked shortly after takeoff and collided with two additional aircraft upon landing at Baiyun International Airport, killing 128 people.[20]
- On August 16, 2018, XiamenAir Flight 8667 crash-landed at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippines amidst heavy monsoon rains. The Boeing 737-800 skidded off the end of the runway. All 157 passengers and crew were unharmed.[21] According to Flightradar24 data, the flight aborted its first landing attempt.[22]
References
- ^ "Xiamen Airlines" 厦门航空有限公司 (in Chinese (China)). Xiamen Air. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ SkyTeam (17 November 2011). "Xiamen Airlines Joins SkyTeam". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Airline Membership". IATA. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015.
- ^ "Company Profile". XiamenAir. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Contact Us Archived October 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." Xiamen Airlines. Retrieved on October 29, 2012. "Mailing Address: 22 Dailiao Road, Xiamen 361006, China" - Address in Chinese Archived July 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine: "公司地址:中国厦门市埭辽路22号"
- ^ "Xiamen Air Celebrates First Intercontinental Service to Amsterdam". China Aviation Daily. July 27, 2015.
- ^ "Xiamen Airlines to land in Sydney on November 30". Australian Aviation. August 5, 2015.
- ^ "Airline Review - XiamenAir". Destination Travel. May 4, 2018.
- ^ "厦门航空上海分公司揭牌成立". State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. September 23, 2019.
- ^ "SkyTeam Welcomes Xiamen Airlines". Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
- ^ "Profile on Xiamen Airlines". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ^ a b c d e f "AF-KLM, China Southern, Xiamen Air to form a single JV". Ch-Aviation. 19 July 2018.
- ^ https://www.vietnamairlines.com/my/en/about-us/subsidiaries-partners/airline-partners
- ^ "Seat Map". Xiamen Air.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 11.
- ^ "Orders & Deliveries". Boeing. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
- ^ ZHU WENQIAN (23 September 2022). "Xiamen Airlines signs deal to buy 40 Airbus planes for around $5b". China Daily.
- ^ "Xiamen Airlines Plans 1Q23 A321neo Debut". AeroRoutes. 14 November 2022.
- ^ "China Southern Places Order for Xiamen Airlines". 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Hijacking Description, Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-247 B-2510". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Chinese Boeing 737 crash-lands at Manila airport". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Flightradar24. "Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!". Flightradar24. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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External links
Media related to Xiamen Air at Wikimedia Commons
- Official XiamenAir website—(in English)
- Official SkyTeam website—(in Chinese)