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China Northwest Airlines
中国西北航空公司

IATA WH ICAO CNW Callsign CHINA NORTHWEST
Founded	1989
Ceased operations	2002
Hubs	Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Destinations
Headquarters	Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
Key people
Website	Cnwa.com

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

After the acquisition the airline was renamed China Eastern Xi Bei.^[1]

[edit] Incidents and accidents

• On July 23, 1993, Flight 2119 crashed while attempting to takeoff 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 Xian and Guangzhou

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Chinese) (English) China Northwest Airlines official website at the Internet Archive

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