XiamenAir

XiamenAir
厦门航空
Xiàmén Hángkōng
IATA ICAO Callsign
MF CXA XIAMEN AIR
Founded July 25, 1984 (1984-07-25)
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program Egret Card
Alliance SkyTeam[2]
Subsidiaries
Fleet size 171
Destinations 70
Parent company China Southern Airlines (55%)
Headquarters 22 Dailiao Road, Xiamen, Fujian[3]
Key people Che Shanglun (Director, President)
Website xiamenair.com

XiamenAir (formerly Xiamen Airlines) (simplified Chinese: 厦门航空; traditional Chinese: 廈門航空; pinyin: Xiàmén Hángkōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: E-mng Hang-khong) is a Chinese passenger airline based in Xiamen, Fujian Province.[4] The airline operates scheduled passenger flights out of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and, to a lesser extent, 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%). Xiamen Airlines holds a 99.23% stake in Hebei Airlines and a 60% stake in Jiangxi Airlines.

History

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 Dreamliner's 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[5]. Services to Sydney followed from November 30, 2015[6], and Melbourne a year later. The airline's first North American service, to Vancouver were launched on July 26, 2016[7]. XiamenAir's first US service was to Seattle followed by Los Angeles and then New York. By early 2014, the airlines 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 and Beijing Capital International Airport.

XiamenAir was honored with the title of "The Best Airline In Mainland China" for 19 consecutive quarters in the "Airlines Service Survey" made by CARNOC.com. The survey consists of comprehensive questionnaires answered by the passengers and analyzed by experts.

Xiamen Airlines concluded 2015 with passenger numbers of 22.77 million, and a profit of 1800 million CNY. It was the 28th consecutive year of profit for the airline. By early 2016, the airline operated 230 domestic routes along with 60 international routes. Xiamen Air is also recognized as the operator of Fuzhou Changle International Airport's first direct North American route, which commenced in February 2017, to New York-JFK.

Destinations

Boeing 757-200 in Xiamen Airlines' first-generation livery landing at Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 in second-generation livery
Xiamen Airlines Boeing 787-9 in third-generation livery
Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 in SkyTeam livery

Alliance

On 17 November 2011, Xiamen Airlines 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.[8]

Codeshare agreements

XiamenAir has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[9]

Joint Venture agreements

XiamenAir has Joint Venture agreement with the following airlines

Fleet

As of September 2018, XiamenAir operates an all-Boeing fleet consisting of the following aircraft:[11][12]

XiamenAir fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F J Y Total
Boeing 737-700 7 — — 8 120 128
Boeing 737-800 140 3 — 8 162 170 Two aircraft in SkyTeam livery.
One aircraft in "100th aircraft delivered" commemorative livery.
— 8 156 164
— — 184 184
Boeing 737 MAX 8 8 12 — — 184 184 Some fleets will be sent to subsidiaries Hebei Airlines and Jiangxi Air.[13]
Boeing 737 MAX 10 — 10 TBA
Boeing 757-200 4 — 8 8 158 174
164 180
Boeing 787-8 6 — 4 18 215 237
Boeing 787-9 6 — — 30 260 290 One aircraft in Sustainable Development Goals livery.
Total 171 25

Fleet history

XiamenAir has previously operated the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ↑ 厦门航空有限公司 (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. ↑ SkyTeam (17 November 2011). "Xiamen Airlines Joins SkyTeam". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Airline Membership". IATA. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "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"
  5. ↑ "Xiamen Air Celebrates First Intercontinental Service to Amsterdam". China Aviation Daily. July 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Xiamen Airlines to land in Sydney on November 30". Australian Aviation. August 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Airline Review - XiamenAir". Destination Travel. May 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Profile on Xiamen Airlines". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  10. 1 2 "AF-KLM, China Southern, Xiamen Air to form a single JV". Ch-Aviation. 19 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Xiamen Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  12. ↑ "Orders & Deliveries". Boeing. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  13. ↑ "China Southern places $3.6 billion Boeing 737 MAX order for Xiamen..." Reuters. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  14. ↑ "Hijacking Description, Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-247 B-2510". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Chinese Boeing 737 crash-lands at Manila airport". Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  16. ↑ Flightradar24. "Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!". Flightradar24. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

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