China Northern Airlines
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China Northern Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国北方航空; traditional Chinese: 中國北方航空; pinyin: Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng) was an airline headquartered on the grounds of Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.[1] Established on June 16, 1990, it was one of the six backbone airlines directly under the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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Founded | 16 June 1990 (1990-06-16) January 18, 2023 (2023-13-18T0)) (re-launch) | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2003 (2003) (merged into China Southern Airlines) | ||||||
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Fleet size | 61 (1995) | ||||||
Destinations | 152 | ||||||
Headquarters | Shenyang, Liaoning, China |
Besides Shenyang, it also had three hubs at Changchun Dafangshen Airport, Harbin Taiping International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
It was one of six major airline corporations that were formed as a result of the breakup of CAAC Airlines. It initially operated a fleet of Airbus A300-600R, MD-80, MD-90-30 and, later, Airbus A321-200 aircraft. It operated predominantly domestic destinations and also to North Korea, South Korea and Japan.