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China Northern Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国北方航空; traditional Chinese: 中國北方航空; pinyin: Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng) was an airline headquartered on the grounds of Taoxian International Airport, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.[1] Established on June 16, 1990, it was one of the six backbone airlines directly under the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

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China Northern Airlines
中国北方航空
Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng

IATA ICAO Callsign CJ CBF CHINA NORTHERN
Founded	16 June 1990 (1990-06-16)
Ceased operations	2003 (2003) (merged into China Southern Airlines)
Hubs	Shenyang Taoxian International Airport
Secondary hubs	Changchun Longjia International Airport Harbin Taiping International Airport Sanya Phoenix International Airport
Fleet size	61 (1995)
Destinations	152
Headquarters	Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Website	cna.com.cn/Eng/index-en.html

Besides Shenyang, it also had three hubs at Harbin Taiping International Airport, Changchun Longjia International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.

It was one of six major airline corporations that were formed as a result of the breakup of CAAC's airline operations. It initially operated a fleet of Airbus A300, MD-80, MD-90 and, later, Airbus A321 aircraft. It operated predominantly domestic destinations and also to North Korea, South Korea and Japan.

History

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China Northern Airlines was established in 1990 to act as a successor to Swan Airlines. By the end of 1999, the airline had reached a total cargo rotation volume of 4882 million ton/km. In 2001 the airlines had ordered ten Airbus A321 but only six were in the fleet. It later merged into China Southern Airlines in 2003.

Fleet

The fleet as of 1995.

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Notes
Airbus A300-600R	10	-	Acquired by China Southern Airlines
Airbus A321-200	6	4	All remaining orders transferred to China Southern Airlines
Antonov An-2	1	-
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	27	-	Two aircraft written off
McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30	13	-
Xian Y7-100	4	-
Total	61	4

Frequent flyer program

Sky Pearl Club was China Northern Airlines’ frequent flyer program until 2003 when it merged with China Southern Airlines.

Accidents

• On November 13, 1993, China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 from Beijing to Urumqi, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 (Reg. B-2141) airliner, crashed on approach to Urumqi airport, killing 12 of 102 on board. Pilot error was blamed for the crash.
• On April 17, 2002, China Northern Airlines Flight 6621 from Dalian to Shenyang, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 airliner, nine minutes after takeoff, a man attempted to hijack the domestic flight. In-flight security personnel and passengers managed to overpower the man immediately. At 17:58 local time, the flight landed safely at Shenyang.[2]
• On May 7, 2002, China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 from Beijing to Dalian, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 (Reg. B-2138) airliner, crashed into the Yellow Sea about 6 miles (9.7 km) off the Dalian coast, killing all 112 on board. It was later determined that a passenger who wanted to commit suicide started a fire on board the aircraft.[3][4]

References

External links

• China Northern Airlines (Archive)
• China Northern Airlines (Archive) (in Chinese)

На других языках

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- [en] China Northern Airlines

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[es] China Northern Airlines

China Northern Airlines fue una aerolínea china que operó entre 1990 hasta 2003, que es cuando se adhirió a la actual China Southern Airlines.

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[fr] China Northern Airlines

China Northern Airlines (中国北方航空公司) (IATA: CJ • OACI : CBF) est une compagnie aérienne chinoise, qui a fusionné avec China Southern et basée à Shenyang.

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[it] China Northern Airlines

China Northern Airlines (cinese semplificato: 中国 北方 航空; cinese tradizionale: 中國 北方 航空; pinyin: Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng) era una compagnia aerea con sede presso l'aeroporto Internazionale di Shenyang Taoxian, Shenyang, provincia di Liaoning, Taiwan.[1]

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