Hainan Airlines

Hainan Airlines
海南航空公司
IATA ICAO Callsign
HU CHH HAINAN
Founded 1993
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program Fortune Wings Club
Subsidiaries
Fleet size 222
Destinations 110 (incl. subsidiaries)
Company slogan Cherished Experience (Chinese: 不期而遇 相伴相惜) and ‘’Fly your dreams’’
Parent company HNA Group
Traded as SSE: 600221
Headquarters No. 7 Guoxing Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, Hainan[1]
Key people

Chen Feng (Chairman)[2]

Wang Jian, Co-Chairman[3]
Website hainanairlines.com

Hainan Airlines Co., Ltd. (HNA, Chinese: 海南航空公司; pinyin: Hǎinán Hángkōnggōngsī; Hainanese: Hái-nâm Hang-khun-kông-si) is an airline headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. It is the largest civilian-run air transport company, the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in the People's Republic of China, and fourth-largest airline in Asia in terms of passengers carried. It operates scheduled domestic and international services on 500 routes from Hainan and nine locations on the mainland, as well as charter services. Its main base is Haikou Meilan International Airport,[4] with a hub at Beijing Capital International Airport and several focus cities.

History

Early years

Hainan Airlines was established in October 1989 as Hainan Province Airlines in Hainan, the largest special economic zone in China. Hainan Province Airlines became China's first joint-stock air-transport company following a restructuring in January 1993 and began scheduled services on 2 May 1993. The initial 250 million yuan (US$31.25 million) was financed by the Hainan government (5.33%) and the corporate staff (20%). The rest came from institutional shareholders.[5] In 1996, the provincial airline was renamed Hainan Airlines.

American Aviation LLC, controlled by George Soros, had been a major shareholder of the airline since 1995.[6]

Executive-jet operations with a Bombardier Learjet 55 were added in April 1995. In 1998, Hainan Airlines became the first Chinese carrier to own shares in an airport after it purchased 25% stake of Haikou Meilan International Airport.

Development since the 2000s

A now retired Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-300 wearing the airline's former livery

In 2000, HNA Group was established and became the third largest shareholder (7.31%) of Hainan Airlines.[7] It also controlled Shanxi Airlines, Chang An Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines. By 2003 Hainan, the main airline, overtook Chang'an as the fourth largest airline in China.[8]

In 2007 Grand China Air was established as the new holding company, when American Aviation became its subsidiary.

On 29 September 2005, HNA Group ordered 42 Boeing 787-8s, 10 of which were earmarked for the Hainan Airlines fleet. In January 2006, China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Group Corporation ordered 10 Boeing 737–800s for Hainan Airlines. In September 2006, Hainan Airlines ordered another 15 Boeing 737-800s.

On 4 December 2007, Hainan Airlines acquired three Airbus A340-600s on lease from International Lease Finance Corporation. On 14 November 2007, Hainan Airlines received its first Airbus A330-200. In June 2007, Hainan Airlines ordered 13 Airbus A320-200 aircraft. In late 2007, Hainan Airlines ordered 50 Embraer ERJ-145s and 50 Embraer 190s, with a total value (at list price) of $2.7 billion USD. The 50-seat ERJ-145s were produced by the Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry (HEAI) joint venture, located in Harbin. E-190 deliveries began in December 2007. Due to the global financial crisis and huge losses incurred in 2008, the ERJ-145 order was reduced to 25. The E-190 order remained unchanged.

On 25 March 2015, Hainan Airlines announced its intention to acquire 30 Boeing 787-9s, which are all to join the Hainan Airlines Fleet. The delivery of the aircraft is scheduled to be completed by 2021.[9] Two leased Boeing 787-9 aircraft were delivered in Spring 2016.[10][11] Hainan Airlines will also be among the first operators of the COMAC C919, with deliveries beginning in the 2020s.

Corporate affairs

Offices

HNA Building, headquarters in Haikou

Hainan Airlines and the HNA Group have their headquarters in the HNA Building (simplified Chinese: 新海航大厦; traditional Chinese: 新海航大廈; pinyin: Xīn Hǎiháng Dàshà),[12][13] in Haikou, Hainan.[14] with other office premises HNA Tower in focused cities including Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Shanghai. It was previously headquartered in the HNA Development Building a.k.a. the Haihang Development Building (simplified Chinese: 海航发展大厦; traditional Chinese: 海航發展大廈; pinyin: Hǎiháng Fāzhǎn Dàshà) along Haixiu Road in Haikou.[15][16][17]

Shareholders

As of 31 December 2016, Grand China Air is the direct parent company of Hainan Airlines (24.33% shares directly; an additional 1.29% shares via a subsidiary American Aviation LDC),[18] which was partially owned by Hainan Development Holdings (24.97%), HNA Group (23.11%), Starstep (9.57%), Haikou Meilan International Airport (8.30%), Shenhua Group (5.56%) and other shareholders (As of 30 June 2016).[19] HNA Group owned 3.53% shares directly and via Changjiang Leasing, owned an additional 3.08% shares as the second largest shareholder.[18] Haikou Meilan International Airport was the third largest shareholder for 5.13% shares.[18] Moreover, HNA Group also owned Haikou Meilan International Airport partially, as well as Hainan Airlines as cross ownership. A private equity fund that was managed by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, owned 4.91% shares as the fourth largest shareholder.[18]

Services

Lounges

Hainan Airlines operates several self-owned airport lounges at its main hub and focus cities including Beijing (T1 HNA Exclusive Terminal), Haikou, Xi'an, Guangzhou and Urumqi. In addition, the airline will soon open its exclusive international departure lounge at its main international hub Beijing International Airport Terminal 2. The airline also operates an exclusive Transit Lounge for transferring HNA Group passengers at Beijing Airport Non-restricted area.

Frequent-flyer program

Hainan Airlines's frequent-flyer program is called Fortune Wings Club (simplified Chinese: 金鹏俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 金鵬俱樂部; pinyin: Jīn Péng Jùlèbù). The airlines's subsidiaries Hong Kong Airlines, Lucky Air, Tianjin Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines and parent company Grand China Air are also parts of the program. It is also possible for passengers to collect miles on Alaska Airlines, Etihad Airways and the airlines which have codeshares with Hainan Airlines.[20] Members can earn miles on flights as well as through consumption with Hainan Airlines's credit card. When enough miles are collected, members can be upgraded to Elite members which are divided into four tiers: Fortune Wings Platinum membership, Gold membership, Silver membership, and Flying Card membership. Elite membership get extra services.[21]

Accolades

Hainan Airlines is one of eleven airlines worldwide rated as five-star by Skytrax, along with All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, Garuda Indonesia, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, and Singapore Airlines.[22]

Destinations

As of January 2017, Hainan Airlines operates seven bases across China: Beijing–Capital, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Sanya, Shenzhen and Xi'an.[23] It operates an extensive network across the People's Republic of China, connecting Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. It serves nearly 500 domestic and international routes and flies to more than 90 cities.

Hainan operates international regular flights and offers charter flights to 41 various destinations in 21 countries such as flights from Beijing to Almaty, Toronto, Berlin, Brussels, Seattle/Tacoma, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tel Aviv, Chicago, Las Vegas, San Jose/Silicon Valley and Boston; Beijing, Xi'an, Dalian, Guangzhou, Haikou to Taipei; Beijing, Haikou, Nanning to Bangkok; Hefei via Haikou to Singapore and others.[24] Hainan also received official approval from the US DOT to begin nonstop flights between Beijing and Chicago. As of June 2014, Hainan began servicing Boston directly with a four-times-weekly 787 flight from Beijing Capital International Airport. It was the first direct flight between Boston and China.[25] The airline began service in the second quarter of 2013 with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. It was the first Chinese carrier to offer flights between the two cities. Flights from Beijing-Capital to Chicago-O'Hare began on 3 September 2013.[26][27]

On 23 October 2015, Hainan announced flights to Manchester, United Kingdom, starting in summer 2016.[28] Hainan announced the launch of a direct route between Beijing and Calgary, Canada, as of 30 June 2016.[29] During the second half of 2017, Hainan Airlines began flights from Shanghai to Tel Aviv and restarted flights from Shanghai to Brussels.[30]. In late September 2017 Hainan Airlines commenced direct flights to and from Brisbane, Australia, several times per week, and also to Belgrade, Serbia, via Prague, every Monday and Friday. On 8 March 2018, Hainan Airlines announced flights between Changsha and London Heathrow, commencing 23 March 2018.[31] and on 15 March 2018, they announced round trip flights between Beijing–Capital, Dublin, and Edinburgh commencing 12 June 2018[32].

Codeshare agreements

Hainan Airlines codeshares with the following airlines:[33]

Fleet

Current fleet

Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800
Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-8

As of October 2018, the Hainan Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[36]

Hainan Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A330-200 9 — 36 186 222
Airbus A330-300 18 7 32 260 292 B-8287 in Hai!MAN chester Livery.
Airbus A350-900 1[37] 14[38] 33 301 334 Deliveries began on September 2018.[39]
Boeing 737-700 2 — 8 120 128
Boeing 737-800 155 — 8 156 164
Boeing 737 MAX 8 5 2 8 168 176 3 firm orders; commitment for up to 50 aircraft.[40]
Boeing 787-8 10 — 36 177 213
Boeing 787-9 22 2 30 259 289 B-1343, B-1540, B-6998, B-7302 in Kungfu Panda Livery.
262 292
Comac C919 — 20[41]
TBA
Total 222 45

Fleet History

Hainan Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:

Hainan Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Fleet Introduced Retired
Airbus A319-100 6 2005 2008
Airbus A340-600 3 2008 2014
Boeing 737-300 9 1993 2014
Boeing 737-300SF 1 2004 2005
Boeing 737-400 7 1995 2014
Boeing 767-300ER 5 2002 2018
Fairchild Dornier 328JET 27 1999 2009

See also

References

  1. ↑ 联系我们 (in Chinese). Hainan Airlines. Retrieved 8 June 2018. 中国总部...中华人民共和国海南省海口市国兴大道7号，海航大厦海南航空控股股份有限公司,邮编：570206
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  3. ↑ Chen, Laurie (4 July 2018). "HNA Group chairman Wang Jian dies in 15m fall onto French rocks". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: 89. 3 April 2007
  5. ↑ Ji, Minhua; Liu, Gong. "Hainan Airlines to form aviation conglomerate - 10 Jul 2006". Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Zeng, Qingkai (17 October 2005). "Soros injects another US$25m into Hainan Airlines". China Daily. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "2000 Annual Report" (PDF). Hainan Airlines (in Chinese). Shanghai Stock Exchange. 17 April 2001. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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  9. ↑ "Chinese airline set to order 30 Boeing 787-9 jets". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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  15. ↑ "Contact Us." Hainan Airlines. Retrieved on 3 October 2009. "HNA Development Building, 29 Haixiu Road, Hainan, 570206, P.R. China"
  16. ↑ "Contacts." (Archive) Hainan Airlines. Retrieved on 26 August 2012. "Address:Haihang Development Building, No.29 Haixiu Road, Haikou, Hainan Province, PRC. 570206"
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  20. ↑ Hainan Airlines. "Notice on Application". Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2009
  21. ↑ "Elite Membership". Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  22. ↑ www.airlinequality.com/ratings/5-star-airline-ratings/
  23. ↑ "Hainan Airlines set to establish Chengdu base". ch-aviation. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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  25. ↑ "Massport - Governor Patrick Announces Boston-Beijing Nonstop Flights". Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  26. ↑ "Chinese airline gets OK for Chicago-Beijing flights". Chicago Business. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  27. ↑ "Hainan Airlines - Cherished Experience". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  28. ↑ "Manchester to Beijing flight service will give region £250m boost". men. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  29. ↑ "Chinese airline launches non-stop flights between Calgary and Beijing". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  30. ↑ "Hainan Airlines to launch Tel Aviv-Shanghai flights". globes. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  31. ↑ "Hainan Airlines adds Changsha – London Heathrow from late-Mar 2018". airlineroute.net. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  32. ↑ "Direct route from Edinburgh to Beijing". edinburghairport.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  33. ↑ "Profile on Hainan Airlines". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  34. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Aegean Airlines / Hainan Airlines plans Feb 2018 codeshare launch". Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  35. ↑ "Virgin Australia and Hainan Airlines launch codeshare". Finder.com.au. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  36. ↑ "Hainan Airlines Fleet". Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  37. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/a350xwbproduction/production-list
  38. ↑ "HNA Group to order fifteen A350 for Hainan Airlines". 3 May 2018.
  39. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/a350xwbproduction/production-list
  40. ↑ "Boeing, Hainan Airlines Announce Commitment for 50 737 MAX 8s". Boeing. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  41. ↑ chinaaviationdaily.com - Airlines That Have Ordered COMAC C919 So Far 29 October 2015

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