Airlines Remembered

China Xinjiang Airlines

Photos © R.Leeuw

Ceased operations: to merge into China Southern Airlines 2002/2003
Homebase: Urumqi-Diwobao & Changzhou
Founded: 1985
ICAO callsign: Xinjiang
Flightnbr prefix: XO / CXJ
Operations: passengers

(c) Ruud Leeuw
Boeing 757-28S B-2853 (msn 29216 / 811) is seen here at Beijing International Airport on July 17th, 2002.

By the end of 2002 it became known that China Xinjiang Airlines would merge into China Southern Airlines. This is part of a process, after years of enormous growth of the aviation industry in China, to restructure the Chinese airline industry and to make the airlines commercially more viable while able to remain a safe operation.

Reg.TypeC/nCapacity
B-3022ATR 72-500 (72-212A)521Y70
B-3023ATR 72-500 (72-212A)531Y70
B-3025ATR 72-500 (72-212A)547Y70
B-3026ATR 72-500 (72-212A)552Y70
B-3027ATR 72-500 (72-212A)555Y70
B-2930Boeing 737-31L27273 / 2556Y140
B-2931Boeing 737-31L27276 / 2567Y140
B-2162Boeing 737-7K930041 / 909Y140
B-2163Boeing 737-7K930042 / 931Y140
B-2698Boeing 737-76N32583 / 994Y140
B-2699Boeing 737-76N32596 / 1028Y140
B-2812Boeing 757-28S32341 / 961F8Y192
B-2813Boeing 757-28S32342 / 966F8Y192
B-2827Boeing 757-2Y026156 / 503F8Y192
B-2831Boeing 757-2Y026153 / 482F8Y192
B-2851Boeing 757-28S29215 / 797F8Y192
B-2852Boeing 757-28A28833 / 782F8Y192
B-2853Boeing 757-28S29216 / 811F8Y192
B-2859Boeing 757-28S29217 / 868F8Y192
B- Boeing 757-28Sdelivery Jan02
B-2016Ilyushin 8651483210097Y350
B-2018Ilyushin 8651483210099Y350
B-2019Ilyushin 8651483210100Y350

Sources:
Fleet info: JP Airline Fleets 2002/2003
Scramble magazine


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