China Southern Airlines is a major airline in China,headquartered in Guangzhou,Guangdong. It is one of the three major airlines in the country,along with Air China and China Eastern Airlines.
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1990.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is an international airport serving Guangzhou,the capital of South Central China's Guangdong province.
Xiamen Air,also known as Xiamen Airlines,is an airline based in Xiamen,Fujian,China. Xiamen Air has its northern headquarters in Beijing and eight branches in Fuzhou,Hangzhou,Tianjin,Hunan,Beijing,Quanzhou,Chongqing and Shanghai,and two subsidiaries in Hebei Airlines and Jiangxi Airlines. Founded on July 25,1984,Xiamen Airlines is the first airline in China to operate independently as an enterprise. It was established as a joint venture between the Shanghai Administration of Civil Aviation Administration of China,Xiamen Special Economic Zone Construction Development Company and Fujian Investment Enterprise Company. The shareholders are China Southern Airlines Corporation (55%),Xiamen C&D Group (34%) and Fujian Investment and Development Group (11%). The current chairman of Xiamen Airlines is Zhao Dong and the general manager is Wang Zhixue.
China Southwest Airlines (中国西南航空公司) was a civil airline headquartered in Shuangliu,Chengdu,Sichuan,China,from 1987 to 2002. It was merged into Air China in October 2002.
Baiyun District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou,the capital of Guangdong Province,China. The district is located in the city's northern suburbs,and is named after the Baiyun Mountain,one of the area's natural attractions.
Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport is an international airport serving Zhengzhou,the capital of South Central China’s Henan province.
China United Airlines (CUA) is a low-cost airline and a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines. It is headquartered at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing.
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Xiamen in East China’s Fujian province. It is the main base of XiamenAir and TAECO,an aircraft maintenance provider. The airport is located on the north side of Xiamen Island. Construction of a new terminal started in October 2011 and was completed in 2014.
The British School of Guangzhou is a British international school in Baiyun District,Guangzhou,China. The school caters to students from the ages of 1 to 18.
Datong Yungang International Airport is an airport serving the city of Datong in Shanxi Province,China. It is located north of the town of Beijiazao in Datong County,15.2 kilometers from the city center.
Kashi Laining International Airport,formerly Kashgar Airport until August 2023,is a dual-use military-civilian airport serving Kashgar (Kashi),a city in Uyghur autonomous region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China.
Beijing Capital Airlines,commonly known as Capital Airlines,is a Chinese low-cost airline based at Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines.
On 2 October 1990,a hijacked Boeing 737,operating Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301,collided with two other aircraft on the runways of the old Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport while attempting to land. The hijacked aircraft struck parked China Southwest Airlines Flight 4305 first,inflicting only minor damage,but then collided with China Southern Airlines Flight 3523,a Boeing 757 waiting to take off,flipping onto its back. A total of 128 people were killed,including seven of nine crew members and 75 of 93 passengers on Flight 8301 and 46 of 110 passengers on Flight 3523.
9 Air (九元航空) is a Chinese low-cost airline headquartered in Baiyun,Guangzhou,Guangdong,China. 9 Air was created as a subsidiary of Juneyao Air in 2014.
Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway,also known as the Guangfo ring intercity railway,is a regional rail in the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway system. The line will form a ring around Guangzhou,Guangdong,China. The first section between Guangzhou South to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport started construction in 2016. The line will operate with China Railway CRH6 EMUs running every 2.5 minutes.
Ruili Airlines Co.,Ltd.,is a Chinese low-cost carrier headquartered at Kunming Changshui International Airport. It provides both domestic and international services to destinations in China and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Baiyun Hotel is a hotel in Guangzhou,China. Standing 93.5 meters tall,and 117 meters with antenna,with 34 floors,it surpassed Guangzhou Hotel to be the tallest building in the country upon its completion in 1976 and remained so until 1981 when Jinling Hotel of Nanjing,110 meters,was built. If including antenna,it was still the tallest until 1985 when it was surpassed by Guomao Building in Shenzhen.
Line 22 of the Guangzhou Metro is a partially open rapid transit express line in Guangzhou with trains operating up to 160 km/h (99 mph). It runs between Panyu Square and Chentougang,passing Guangzhou South Railway Station in Panyu District,and will eventually run in a north-south direction passing Xilang and Fangcun in Liwan District. Currently,there are train attendants on board each train. In the future,trains will operate fully driverless GoA4 mode when sufficient reliability from the signaling system has been confirmed.
Baiyun Airport North railway station is an underground railway station located in Huadu District,Guangzhou,Guangdong,China. It opened with the Eastern section of the Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway on 30 November 2020.
