China Northwest Airlines

China Northwest Airlines
中国西北航空公司
Founded	1989
Ceased operations	2002 (Merged with China Eastern)
Hubs	Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Fleet size	40+
Headquarters	Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
Website	Cnwa.com

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China Northwest Airlines Co., Ltd. (中国西北航空公司) was an airline based in the People's Republic of 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.

When CAAC broke itself up into six major airline corporations, China Northwest was one of them. The airline was based in Xian and operated a fleet of BAe 146, Tupolev Tu-154, Airbus A310 and later Airbus A320 aircraft. 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. As of 2015, this remains the deadliest aviation accident to occur in mainland China.

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.

External links

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

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[1] "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 1–7 April 1998. 57. "Laodong Nanlu, Xian City, 710082, Shanxi Provence [sic], China"

[2] World Airline Directory. Flight International. March 23–29, 2004. 52.

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