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| Founded | 1989 | |||
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| Hubs | Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK) Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) |
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| Focus cities | Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) Taiyuan Wusu Airport (TYN) Urumqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX) Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN) Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) |
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| Frequent flyer program | Fortune Wings Club | |||
| Fleet size | 70 (+54 orders) incl. cargo | |||
| Destinations | 90 | |||
| Parent company | Grand China Air | |||
| Headquarters | Haikou, Hainan, China | |||
| Key people | Li Xiaoming (Chairman) | |||
| Website | http://www.hnair.com/ | |||
Hainan Airlines Company Limited (HNA) (SSE: 600221) (Chinese: 海南航空公司; Pinyin: Hǎinán Hángkōng Gōngsī) is an airline headquartered in the HNA Development Building in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China.[1] It is the largest privately-owned air transport company and the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in the People's Republic of China. 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[2], with hubs at Beijing Capital International Airport, Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, Taiyuan Wusu Airport and Urumqi Diwopu International Airport.
On November 30, 2007, the four airlines under HNA group, Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines, Chang'an Airlines, and China Xinhua Airlines, merged into Grand China Air (Chinese: 大新華航空), which will be the fourth-largest airline in China. Grand China Air is under a newly-formed parent company called Grand China Airlines Holding CO which is held jointly by Hainan province government (48.6%), George Soros (18.6%), and HNA group (32.8%).
On December 1, 2009, Hainan Airlines was awarded the "four-star airline" by Skytrax, making the first Chinese carrier to win that award[3]. It is also listed as a Skytrax quality approved Airline.
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The airline was established in October 1989 as Hainan Province Airlines. It was then renamed 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, Hainan Airlines became the first Chinese carrier to own shares in an airport when it purchased a 25% stake in Haikou Meilan International Airport. Hainan Airlines has 9,102 employees as of March 2007.[2]
Its parent company is HNA group. Formed in 2000, HNA group also 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%).[2]
HNA group, 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 China Express Air, 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.[citation needed]
Hainan Airlines has been granted the service from Beijing-Seattle, which began on June 9, 2008.[4] This makes Seattle Hainan's first North American destination. Hainan also had plans to begin Beijing-Chicago and Beijing-Newark in 2009.[5] The airline also announced plans to begin Beijing-Honolulu service later this year.[6] In October 2009, Hainan Airlines was granted service from Beijing-Honlulu, however, the flight will not begin until early 2010[7]. Service to Honolulu will make Hainan's second North American destination. Hainan Airlines plans to launch the flights by Summer 2010.[8]
Hainan Airlines will begin nonstop flights between Brussels Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport on 28 May 2010 and will be operated 3 times a week; on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Hainan Airlines also fly 4 times a week between Beijing and Brussels Airport and codeshare with Brussels Airlines. All flights to Brussels are operated by Airbus A330-200 airplanes.
The first european destination of the Hainan Airlines was Budapest with code-share agreement with the MALÉV Hungarian Airlines. Hainan Airlines operates this route from Beijing-Capital by B767 airplanes.
The Hainan Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of 27 November 2009: [9]
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers (First/Ecomomy) |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 10 | 2 | 138 (0/138) | Domestic |
| Airbus A330-200 | 5 | 1 | 222 (36/186) | North America, Europe |
| Airbus A340-600 | 3 | 0 | 288 (68/220) | North America, Europe, Africa, Asia |
| Boeing 737-300 | 3 | 0 | 144 (0/144) | Domestic |
| Boeing 737-400 | 9 | 0 | 146 (8/138) | Domestic |
| Boeing 737-800 | 44 | 1 | 164 (8/156) | Domestic, Asia |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 3 | 0 | 233 (34/199) | Domestic, Asia, Europe |
| Boeing 787-8 | 0 | 8 | North America | |
| Dornier Do-328 | 26 | 0 | Domestic | |
| Total | 103 | 12 | -- | -- |
The average age of Hainan Airlines fleet is 5.4 years old (as of 16 January 2009).[10]
The Fortune Wings Club is the frequent flyer program for Hainan Airlines, Grand China Air, Lucky Air, Grand China Express, China West Air, Hong Kong Airlines and Hong Kong Express Airways.[12]
It is possible for passengers to collect miles in the Fortune Wings Club on the following airlines:
While operating one of China's largest commercial Airlines, Hainan Airlines also operates numerous subsidiaries in a variety of related and unrelated industries, including: 11 airports, 47 hotels and inns, 13 financial service providers, 5 marine transport firms and 2 retailers.[13]
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