XiamenAir, also known as Xiamen Airlines, is a Chinese passenger airline based in

Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong' ...

Fujian Province Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its ...

. The airline operates scheduled passenger flights out of

Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport is the airport serving the city of Xiamen in Fujian Province, China. It is the main base of XiamenAir and TAECO, an aircraft maintenance provider. The airport is located on the north side of Xiamen Island ...

and, to a lesser extent,

Beijing Daxing International Airport Beijing Daxing International Airport , is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK). It is located on the border of Beijing and Langfang, Hebei Province. It has bee ...

Fuzhou Changle International Airport Fuzhou Changle International Airport is an international airport serving Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, China. The airport was inaugurated on 23 June 1997, after being approved to start constructing in 1992. The current handling ca ...

and

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport is the principal airport serving Hangzhou, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the capital of Zhejiang Province, China.

. The airline is owned by

China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of the CAAC Airlines that acqu ...

(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.

History

The airline was established as a domestic carrier on July 25, 1984, primarily to connect the province of

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its ...

to the rest of

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. As China's aviation sector developed the airline expanded to regional Asian destinations while the delivery of wide-body

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s permitted the airline to offer long-distance services. The airline's first inter-continental expansion was to

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which commenced with an

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service from July 26, 2015, and a

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service from December 11, 2018. Services to

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followed from November 30, 2015, and

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a year later. The airline's first North American service, to

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was launched on July 26, 2016. XiamenAir's first US service was to

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followed by

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and then

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. By early 2020, the airline had set up bases at

Nanchang Changbei International Airport Nanchang Changbei International Airport is an airport serving Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, China. It is located north of Nanchang. Construction began in October 1996 and the airport went into operation on 10 September 1999, repl ...

Tianjin Binhai International Airport Tianjin Binhai International Airport , originally Tianjin Zhangguizhuang Airport is an airport located in Dongli District, Tianjin. It is one of the major air cargo centers in the People's Republic of China. It is the hub airport for Tianjin ...

Changsha Huanghua International Airport Changsha Huanghua International Airport is the airport serving Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, China, and the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region comprising the nearby cities of Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. As of 2021, it was one of the ...

（moved from

Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...

in 2020）,

Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport is a dual-use military and public airport serving the city of Quanzhou in Fujian, China. It is located 12 kilometers south of the city center, in the county-level city of Jinjiang, which is under the a ...

Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is located in Yubei District, Chongqing, China. The airport's IATA Airport code, CKG, is derived from the city's former romanized name, Chungking. Jiangbei airport is also a 128-hour transit visa-fre ...

and

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Destinations

Alliance

On 17 November 2011, XiamenAir signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the

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SkyTeam. On 21 November 2012, the airline was officially welcomed as the 19th member of

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Codeshare agreements

XiamenAir has

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s with the following airlines: *

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(Joint Venture Partner) *

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 ...

(Joint Venture Partner) *

Garuda Indonesia Garuda Indonesia is the flag carrier of Indonesia, headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. A successor of KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, it is a member of SkyTeam and the second-largest airline of Indonesia after Lion Air, op ...

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KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...

(Joint Venture Partner) *

Korean Air Korean Air Co., Ltd. (), operating as Korean Air (Korean Air Lines before 1984), is the flag carrier of South Korea and its largest airline based on fleet size, international destinations and international flights. The present-day Korean Air ...

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Joint Venture agreements

XiamenAir has joint venture agreements with the following airlines *

Fleet

, XiamenAir operates an all-

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fleet composed of the following aircraft:

Fleet history

XiamenAir has previously operated the following aircraft: *

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Accidents and incidents

*On October 2, 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 from Xiamen to

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, a

jetliner, was hijacked shortly after takeoff and collided with two additional aircraft upon landing at Baiyun International Airport, killing 128 people. * On August 16, 2018, XiamenAir Flight 8667 crash-landed at

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Ninoy Aquino International Airport Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA , ; fil, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino or ''Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Ninoy Aquino''; ), originally known and still commonly referred to as Manila International Airport (MIA), is the main ...

in the

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amidst heavy

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rains. The

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skidded off the end of the runway. All 157 passengers and crew were unharmed. According to Flightradar24 data, the flight aborted its first landing attempt.

References

External links

Official XiamenAir website
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