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Xiamen Airlines (厦门航空) is the first airline company in People's Republic of China run by private individuals, established on July 25, 1984, Based in Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport. The rights are shared by China Southern Airlines 60% and Xiamen Construction and Development Group 40%. Its main base is in Xiamen, but it also had hubs at Fuzhou and Wuyishan in the Fujian province and at Hangzhou in Zhejiang province. Besides domestic operations, it also flies to Seoul, Osaka, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Due to Xiamen's proximity to Taiwan, it is expected that Xiamen Airlines would be the first to fly to Taiwan when politics allow.
On October 2, 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 from Xiamen to Guangzhou, a Boeing 737|Boeing 737-247 jetliner, hijacked shortly after took off from Xiamen, and crashed into Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, caused a total of 128 fatalies, and 2 other aircrafts in the apron were destroyed. The Xiamen Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2005):
China Southern Airlines signed an initial agreement to purchase 13 Boeing 787 aircraft, 3 of which were for its affiliate, Xiamen Airlines. Aircraft deliveries are expected between 2008 and 2010 (ref: Airliner World, April 2005)
Category:Airlines of China Category:Fujian fr:Xiamen Airlines zh:廈門航空 airlistbox This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Xiamen Airlines".
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