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Founded | 1985 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2003 | ||||||
Headquarters | Diwopu International Airport, Urumqi |
China Xinjiang Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国新疆航空公司; traditional Chinese: 中國新疆航空公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīnjiāng Hángkōng Gōngsī) was a Chinese airline owned by CAAC. It had its headquarters on the property of Diwopu International Airport in Urumqi. In 2003, the airline was acquired by China Southern Airlines.
The airline had been founded in 1985. It was based in Ürümqi, the provincial capital of Xinjiang, and had a secondary hub in Changzhou in Jiangsu province.
China Xinjiang operated the following aircraft types, when it was merged into China Southern Airlines.
Former fleet included DHC-6 and Tupolev Tu-154.