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'Hainan Airlines' (Chinese: 海南航空公司; Pinyin: ''Hǎinán Hángkōng Gōngsī'') is an airline based in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. It is a privately owned airline and the fourth largest airline of China by fleet size. It operates scheduled domestic and international services on 500 routes from Hainan and nine locations on the mainland, as well as charter services. Its main base is Haikou Meilan International Airport^[1], with hubs at Beijing Capital International Airport, Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, Taiyuan Wusu Airport and Urumqi Diwopu International Airport.

Contents

History

Destinations

Codeshare agreements

Fleet

External links

References

History

The airline was established in October 1989 as 'Hainan Province Airlines'. It was then renamed as 'Hainan Airlines' and became China's first joint-stock air transport enterprise in January 1993 and began scheduled services on 2 May 1993. Executive jet operations with a Bombardier Learjet 55 were added in April 1995 . In 1998 it became the first Chinese airline to own shares in an airport when it purchased a 25% stake in Haikou Meilan International Airport. Hainan Airlines has 9,102 employees (at March 2007).
It has shareholdings in a range of airlines: Shanxi Airlines (92.51%), Chang'an Airlines (73.51%), China Xinhua Airlines (60%), Lucky Air, Deer Jet, Shilin Airlines (48.9%) Grand China Express Air (20%), Yangtze River Express,Hong Kong Airlines (45%)and Hong Kong Express (45%).
Hainan Airlines, partly owned by US billionaire George Soros, plans to sell and lease back four planes for $US220 million ($280 million) to cut debt. The carrier will sell four Boeing 737-800s to affiliate, Changjiang Leasing, and then lease them back over six years, from 2008 . Hainan will also lease five Fairchild Dornier 328s to its affiliate Grand Xinhua Express Co as well as transferring 230 employees to the smaller airline. Hainan Airlines applied to join the Oneworld alliance in 2007, with Japan Airlines, a codeshare partner of Hainan Airlines, to be sponsor.
Hainan Airlines has applied for Beijing-Seattle service to begin on June 8, 2008. This would make Seattle Hainan's first North American destination.

Destinations

Codeshare agreements

★ Garuda Indonesia (From Jakarta to Beijing via Singapore (operated by Garuda Indonesia), and connected to flights operated by Hainan Airlines from Beijing to some cities in China)

★ Hong Kong Airlines (From Hong Kong to Haikou and Sanya, operated by Hong Kong Airlines)

★ Hong Kong Express Airways (From Hong Kong to Ningbo route, operated by Hong Kong Express Airways)

★ Japan Airlines (From Haikou to Osaka route, operated by Hainan Airlines)

★ Malév Hungarian Airlines (From Beijing to Budapest route, operated by Hainan Airlines and from Budapest to other Europe's destinations, operated by Malév Hungarian Airlines)

Fleet

The Hainan Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2007) :

★ 6 Airbus A319-100 (plus 20 on order)

★ 5 Boeing 737-300

★ 7 Boeing 737-400

★ 5 Boeing 737-700

★ 17 Boeing 737-800 (plus 29 on order)

★ 5 Boeing 767-300ER

★ 28 Dornier 328-300

★ On order: 8 Boeing 787-8

★ On order: 7 Airbus A330-200

★ On order: 50 Harbin Embraer E-190

★ On order: 50 Harbin Embraer ERJ 145
Hainan Airlines has an order for 20 Airbus A319-100 aircraft. It has also finalised an order to purchase 8 Boeing 787 aircraft to be delivered between June 2008 and April 2010^[2]
HNA Group bought 50 Embraer ERJ 145s and 50 Embraer E-190s with a total value of (at list price) US$ 2.7 billion. Deliveries will commence in September 2007 for the ERJ 145s. The 50-seat ERJ 145s will be produced by the joint venture Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry (HEAI), in the city of Harbin. For the Embraer E-190, deliveries are planned to start in December 2007 . The 106-seat aircraft is to be configured for single class service and will be manufactured at the plant of São José dos Campos, Brazil.
The average age of Hainan Airlines fleet is 5.7 years old (as of April 2006).^[3]

External links

★ Hainan Airlines (in Chinese)

★ Hainan Airlines (in English)

★ Hainan Airlines Fleet Details

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
2. Airliner World, November 2005
3. Hainan Airlines Fleet Age