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![]() Shan Xi Airlines Boeing 737-800 in standard livery | |||||||
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Founded | 1988 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 6 July 2001 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 2009 (merged with Hainan Airlines) | ||||||
Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Headquarters | Taiyuan, China |
Shan Xi Airlines was an airline based in Taiyuan in the People's Republic of China. [1] It operated scheduled domestic passenger services. On 29 November 2007, it merged with China Xinhua Airlines and Chang An Airlines to form Grand China Air, a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines.
The airline was established in 1988 and started operations on 6 July 2001. Hainan Airlines owned a 92.51% stake in Shanxi Airlines, acquired in a deal approved by state authorities as part of China's airline consolidation. Hainan merged the airline into Hainan Airlines in 2009.
As of February 2006, the Shan Xi Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Notes |
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Boeing 737-700 | 3 | — | Taken over by Lucky Air. |
Boeing 737-800 | 3 | — | Taken over by Hong Kong Airlines. |
Dornier 328 Jet | 2 | — | |
Total | 8 | — |