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China Northwest Airlines Co., Ltd. (中国西北航空公司) was an airline based in China, with its headquarters in Xian.[1] It started operations in 1989. In 2002, the airline, along with China Yunnan Airlines, merged with China Eastern Airlines.

China Northwest Airlines
中国西北航空公司

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
WH	CNW	CHINA NORTHWEST

Founded

1989

Ceased operations

2002
(merged into China Eastern Airlines)

Hubs

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

Fleet size

Headquarters

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Website

web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cnwa.com%20www.cnwa.com

History

When CAAC broke itself up into six major airline corporations, China Northwest was one of them. The airline was based in Xi'an. 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.[2]

Incidents and accidents

On July 23, 1993, Flight 2119 crashed while attempting to take off at Yinchuan Hedong Airport, Ningxia, 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, 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:[3]

Aircraft	Total	Orders
Airbus A300-600R	5	—
Airbus A310-200	3	—
Airbus A320-200	15	—
British Aerospace 146	11	—
Total	34	0

References

"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 1–7 April 1998. 57. "Laodong Nanlu, Xian City, 710082, Shanxi Provence [sic], China"
World Airline Directory. Flight International. March 23–29, 2004. 52.
"China Northwest Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2017-01-17.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to China Northwest Airlines.

(in Chinese) China Northwest Airlines official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

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На других языках

[de] China Northwest Airlines

China Northwest Airlines war eine ehemalige chinesische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Xi’an in der Volksrepublik China, die 1988 gegründet wurde und im Jahr 1989 den Flugbetrieb aufnahm. Sie ging als eine von sechs neuen Fluggesellschaften aus der 1988 aufgelösten CAAC Airlines hervor. Für Langstreckenflüge hatte zunächst Air China das Monopol. Die anderen fünf Gesellschaften waren für Inlandsflüge und den Verkehr im asiatischen Raum zuständig.

- [en] China Northwest Airlines

[fr] China Northwest Airlines

China Northwest Airlines (en chinois : 中国西北航空公司)（code AITA WH) est une compagnie aérienne chinoise, membre du groupe de China Eastern Airlines avec laquelle elle a fusionné en 2002.

[ru] China Northwest Airlines

China Northwest Airlines (кит. 中国西北航空公司) — упразднённая китайская авиакомпания со штаб-квартирой в городе Сиань (провинция Шэньси, КНР)[1], работавшая в сфере регулярных пассажирских перевозок внутри страны и за её пределами.

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