China Northwest Airlines on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
China Northwest Airlines Co., Ltd. (中国西北航空公司) was an airline based in China, with its headquarters in
At the time that China Northwest merged into China Eastern, the airline's fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
Xi'an
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...
, Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...
, People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It started operations in 1989. In 2002, the airline, along with China Yunnan Airlines
China Eastern Yunnan Airlines ( zh, s=东方航空云南有限公司, t=東方航空雲南有限公司, p=Dōngfāng Hángkōng Yúnnán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī), is an airline based in Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. It is the ...
, merged with China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (), also known as China Eastern, is an airline headquartered in the China Eastern Airlines Building, on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai. It i ...
.
History
WhenCAAC
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the Chinese civil aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the aviation authority responsible f ...
broke itself up into six major airline corporations, China Northwest was one of them. The airline was based in Xi'an
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...
. It operated mostly domestic routes but also a handful of international flights to Japan. After the acquisition the airline was renamed China Eastern Xi Bei.
Incidents and accidents
*On July 23, 1993, Flight 2119 crashed while attempting to take off atYinchuan Hedong Airport
Yinchuan Hedong International Airport is the primary airport serving Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is located southeast of downtown Yinchuan in the town of Linghe of Lingwu City. A rel ...
, Ningxia
Ningxia (,; , ; alternately romanized as Ninghsia), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1 ...
, killing 54 passengers and 1 crew member on board.
*On June 6, 1994 Flight 2303 broke apart and crashed while flying between Xi'an and Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
, killing all 160 people on board. This remains the deadliest aviation accident to occur in mainland China.
Fleet
At the time that China Northwest merged into China Eastern, the airline's fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
References
External links
* {{Transport in China Defunct airlines of China Airlines established in 1989 Airlines disestablished in 2002 Chinese companies established in 1989 Chinese companies disestablished in 2002