China Express Airlines

China Express Airlines
China Express Airlines
華夏航空
IATA
G5[1]
ICAO
HXA
Callsign
CHINA EXPRESS[2]
Founded 2006
Hubs Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport
Focus cities Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
Ganzhou Huangjin Airport
Destinations
Headquarters Haikou, Hainan, China
Key people Li Xiaoming (Chairman)
Website www.chinaexpressair.com

China Express Airlines (華夏航空) is an airline based in Guiyang, Guizhou, People's Republic of China. It provides services using Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft.[1]

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History

China Express Air, also known as Huaxia Airlines is China‘s first private regional airline, The airline was established in May 2006 and is owned by Cathay Fortune (40%), High Zero (25%), Tampines International (24%) and others (11%).[1]


On August 28th, 2011, a China Express Airlines Bombardier CRJ 200 regional jet scraped the ground on landing at Guiyang Airport in southwest China. No one was injured during the incident. On 1 September 2010, China's Civil Aviation Administration ordered the airline to suspend operations after a landing incident at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in which an aircraft's right wing made contact with the runway during landing. The airline was ordered to review its safety regulations and perform an investigation into the incident.[3] On 6 September, Chinese authorities allowed the airline to resume partial operations; according to a spokesperson, the company planned to resume full operations within two weeks.[4]

Fleet

The China Express Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of September 2010): [3]

The CRJ 200 Series aircraft operated are:

B-3001 MSN 7565

B-3012 MSN 7557

B-3016 MSN 7614

B-3565 MSN 7690

B-7700 MSN 7704

References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 91. 2007-04-03. 
  2. ^ Airline Codes
  3. ^ a b "China Express grounded by authorities after CRJ200 landing incident". Flightglobal.com. 2 September 2010. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/02/346899/china-express-grounded-by-authorities-after-crj200-landing.html. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  4. ^ "China Express resumes operations". Flightglobal.com. 6 September 2010. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/06/347007/china-express-resumes-operations.html. Retrieved 6 September 2010. 

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