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China Southwest Airlines (CSWA, simplified Chinese: 中国西南航空公司; traditional Chinese: 中國西南航空公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīnán Hángkōng Gōngsī) was an airline with its head office on the property of Shuangliu Airport in Shuangliu County, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.[1] On 28 October 2002, China Southwest Airlines was merged into Air China.

China Southwest Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign SZ CXN CHINA SOUTHWEST
Founded	15 October 1987 (1987-10-15)
Ceased operations	28 October 2002 (2002-10-28) (merged into Air China)
Hubs	Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Secondary hubs	Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
Fleet size	46
Headquarters	Shuangliu Airport Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Website	cswa.com

Destinations

China Southwest Airlines' main hub was at Chengdu Shuangliu, Sichuan Province and its secondary hub was in Chongqing. It was the only airline flying to Lhasa until 2002. Although most routes from its hubs Chengdu and Chongqing were domestic, it also flew to Bangkok, Chiangmai, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Osaka and Seoul.^{[citation needed]}

Fleet

China Southwest Airlines operated a fleet of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-600, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 757-200 and Airbus A340-300 aircraft. It had formerly operated other aircraft, including the Ilyushin Il-18D, the Tupolev Tu-154, and the Boeing 707.[2]

Incidents and accidents

• On January 18, 1988, China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146, an Ilyushin 18D crashed while on approach to Chongqing Airport. All 108 people on board were killed.[3]
• On October 2, 1990, a hijacked Xiamen Airlines plane (operated as Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301) sideswiped a China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707 before crashing into a third airliner. Nobody on the 707 died.[4]
• On February 24, 1999, Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 crashed into a field while on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing all 61 passengers and crew members on board, and leading to the withdrawal of all of China Southwest's Tu-154 fleet.[5]

See also

• Aviation industry in the People's Republic of China

References

External links

Media related to China Southwest Airlines at Wikimedia Commons

• China Southwest Airlines Archived 2002-11-05 at the Wayback Machine (Archive, 2002-2004)
• China Southwest Airlines (Archive, 2000)
• China Southwest Airlines (Archive) (in Chinese)
• China Southwest Airlines Former Fleets Detail Archived 2007-03-21 at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[de] China Southwest Airlines

China Southwest Airlines war eine Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz im Flughafen Chengdu-Shuangliu in der Volksrepublik China. 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.

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- [en] China Southwest Airlines

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[es] China Southwest Airlines

China Southwest Airlines (En chino: 中国西南航空; Pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīnán Hángkōng Gōngsī) fue una aerolínea con sede en la ciudad de Chengdu, República Popular China.[1] Su aeropuerto principal era el Aeropuerto internacional de Chengdu, desde el cual operaba vuelos a gran parte del oeste del país y algunos destinos en Asia Central. Fue integrada a Air China en octubre de 2002.

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[fr] China Southwest Airlines

China Southwest Airlines (CSWA, chinois simplifié : 中国西南航空公司 ; chinois traditionnel : 中國西南航空公司 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó Xīnán Hángkōng Gōngsī) est une ancienne compagnie aérienne qui avait son siège sur l'aéroport de Shuangliu, dans le xian de Shuangliu, à Chengdu, dans le Sichuan, en République populaire de Chine. Elle fusionne avec Air China en 2002.

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[it] China Southwest Airlines

La China Southwest Airlines (CSWA, (中国 西南 航空公司 o 中國 西南 航空公司S, Zhōngguó Xīnán Hángkōng GōngsīP) era una compagnia aerea con sede nella proprietà dell'aeroporto di Shuangliu nella contea di Shuangliu, presso Chengdu, provincia di Sichuan, Repubblica Popolare Cinese. Il 28 ottobre 2002 la China Southwest Airlines venne fusa nell'Air China.

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