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Hainan Airlines

IATA Code	ICAO Code	IATA Prefix	Callsign
HU	CHH	880	Hainan

Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800

Hainan Airlines
HNA Development Building
29 Haixu Road
Haikou
Hainan Province 570206
CHINA

Tel.: +86 898 6673 9801
Fax: +86 898 6673 9807
SITA:
Email:
Website: www.hnair.com

Type:	Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, pax, cargo
Owner:	Grand China Air Holding Co (41.6%); Hainan Meilan Airport Co (10.46%); Hainan Provincial Development Holding Co (7.21%); Changliang Leasing (6.27%): others (34.46%)
Shareholdings:	Chang An Airlines (87.35%); China Xinhua Airlines (67.59%); Yangtzse River Express (2%); Tianjin Airlines (0.83%)
Base:	Haikou (HAK)
Hubs:	Ningbo (NGB); Xi'an (XIY)
Start of ops:	May 1993
Alliances:	Aerosvit, Airberlin, American, Brussels Airlines, Capital Airlines, China Airlines, Etihad, EVA Air, Frontier, Grand China Air, Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express, Korean Air, Lucky Air, Rossiya, S7, Tianjin Airlines, UNI Air, Westair

Hainan Airlines operates this equipment:

2 x Airbus A319-100 (leased out)
11 x Airbus A320-200 (leased out; 35 on order)
6 x Airbus A330-200 (4 on order)
5 x Airbus A330-300
3 x Airbus A340-600
2 x Boeing 737-300 (+2 parked)
4 x Boeing 737-400
3 x Boeing 737-700 (9 on order)
71 x Boeing 737-800 (17 on order)
3 x Boeing 767-300
Boeing 787-8 (10 on order)

Executives:
CEO: Chief Financial Officer: Managing Director:	Tie Li Xu Zhoujin Xiangdong Tan

Manufacturer	Type	Current Active	Current Leased -out	Current Inactive	Planned	Current or Planned	Historical	Total all times	Avg Age Active
Airbus	A340-600	3				3	1	4	9.6 years
Boeing	B.787-8				10	10		10	-
Airbus	A330-200	6			4	10	4	14	4.0 years
Airbus	A330-200(F)						3	3	-
Airbus	A330-300	5				5		5	1.2 year
Boeing	B.767-300(ER)	3				3	2	5	9.7 years
Airbus	A319-100		2			2	31	33	-
Airbus	A320-200		11		35	46	13	59	-
Boeing	B.737-300	2		2		4	12	16	13.0 years
Boeing	B.737-300(QC)						4	4	-
Boeing	B.737-400	4				4	3	7	16.4 years
Boeing	B.737-700	3			9	12	2	14	13.7 years
Boeing	B.737-800	71			17	88	29	117	4.5 years
Dornier	Do328-300 JET						11	11	-
Dornier	Do328-310 JET						22	22	-
TOTAL:		97	13	2	75	187	137	324	5.6 years

Hainan Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China. It is the largest privately-owned air transport company and the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in 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, with hubs at Beijing Capital, Xi'an Xianyang International, Taiyuan Wusu and Urumqi Diwopu International. 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, 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%).

Formed by Chinese Land Economic Corporation with help from CAAC. Started operations in 1993. 25% stake taken in 1995 by Georges Soros through Qantum Fund (later American Aviation, diluted to 14.8% by 2005 then expanded). Became main subsidiary of HNA Group Co.Ltd. Formed subsidiary Yangtze River Express for freighter operations in 2002. Announced in 2004 to take over Xinhua AL, Shanxi Aviation and Changan AL in 2004 and to be reorganize them in Beijing under holding company Grand China Airlines (Great Xinhua), with Pan-American Aviation Holdings Ltd taking ~15% share in 2006. Capital raised in 7/06 making Great Xinhua Airlines the majority stakeholder, replacing George Soros. Announced 3/07 its intent to join OneWorld alliance.