Hainan Airlines
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| Founded | 1989 | ||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Fortune Wings Club | ||
| Fleet size | 112 | ||
| Destinations | 90 | ||
| Parent company | Grand China Air | ||
| Headquarters | Haikou, Hainan, China | ||
| Key people | Li Xiaoming (Chairman) | ||
| Website | www.hnair.com |
Hainan Airlines Company Limited (HNA) (SSE: 600221) (Chinese: 海南航空公司; Pinyin: Hǎinán Hángkōng Gōngsī) is an airline headquartered in the HNA Development Building in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China.[1] It is the largest privately-owned air transport company and the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in the People's Republic of 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 Airport,[2] with hubs at Beijing Capital International Airport, Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, Taiyuan Wusu Airport and Urumqi Diwopu International Airport.
Hainan Airlines is one of the seven airlines to be ranked as a 5-star airline by the independent research consultancy firm Skytrax,[3] having been promoted on January 11, 2011. This made it the first mainland Chinese carrier to win that award.[4]
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[edit] History and development
Hainan Airlines was established in October 1989 as Hainan Province Airlines in Hainan, the largest special economy zone in China. It was then renamed as Hainan Airlines and became China's first joint-stock air-transport enterprise in January 1993 and began scheduled services on 2 May 1993.
Executive-jet operations with a Bombardier Learjet 55 were added in April 1995. In 1998, Hainan Airlines became the first Chinese carrier to own shares in an airport after it purchased 25% stake of Haikou Meilan International Airport.
In 2000, HNA Group (Hainan Airlines Group) was established which became parent company of Hainan Airlines. It also controlled Shanxi Airlines, Chang'an Airlines and China Xinhua Airlines.
On November 30, 2007, a new company called Grand China Airlines Holding Company (GCAHC) was formed under the initiative of the HNA group's largest operational entity, Hainan Airlines. The airline planned to merge its operations with all HNA Group's aviaition subsidiaries. The new holding company was held jointly by Hainan province government (48.6%), HNA group (32.8%) and George Soros (18.6%). As a result, a new airline called Grand China Air (Chinese: 大新華航空) was founded. According to the plan, the former four airlines under HNA group, Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines, Chang'an Airlines, and China Xinhua Airlines should be transferred into Grand China Air in the near future.
In addition, HNA group also invests in other airlines, including Beijing Capital Airlines (70%), Lucky Air (67.95%), Zest Airways[5] (undisclosed but approximated to be at 40%), Tianjin Airlines (20%), Yangtze River Express (51%), Hong Kong Airlines (45%) and Hong Kong Express Airways (45%).[2]
Hainan Airlines also plan to set up a Cargo division operating freighter aircraft in 2012 and invest in Turkish carrier ACT Airlines Cargo.[6]
[edit] Destinations
Hainan Airlines has established seven airline bases in Beijing, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Guangzhou, Lanzhou,Dalian and Shenzhen, as well as an extensive network across the People's Republic of China, and connecting Asia, Europe, America and Africa. It serves nearly 500 domestic and international routes and flies to more than 90 cities.
Hainan operates international regular flights and offers charter flights to various destinations such as flights from Beijing to Berlin, Budapest, Brussels, Seattle, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Male; Beijing to Luanda (transfer in Dubai); Beijing, Xi'an, Dalian, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Haikou to Taipei; Urumqi to Astana and Istanbul; Sanya to Seoul; Beijing, Haikou, Hangzhou to Bangkok and Sydney (transfer in Shenzhen); Dalian via Hefei to Singapore and others.[7]
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As of January 2010, Hainan Airlines had codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[8]
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[edit] Fleet
As of May 2011, the Hainan Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 5.2 years:[9]
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | |||
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| Airbus A319 | — | 1 | TBA | |||
| Airbus A320 | — | 6 | TBA | |||
| Airbus A330-200 | 7 | — | — | 36 | 186 | 222 |
| Airbus A330-200F | — | 1 | Cargo | |||
| Airbus A330-300 | 3 | — | — | 32 | 260 | 292 |
| Airbus A340-600 | 3 | — | 8 | 60 | 220 | 288 |
| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | — | — | — | 144 | 144 |
| Boeing 737-400 | 6 | — | — | 8 | 138 | 146 |
| Boeing 737-800 | 63 | — | — | 8 | 156 | 164 |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 3 | — | — | 34 | 199 | 233 |
| Boeing 787-8 | — | 10 | TBA | |||
| Boeing 787-9 | — | 30 | TBA | |||
| COMAC C919 | — | 20 | TBA | |||
| Dornier 328 | 26 | — | ||||
| Total | 112 | 68 |
The subfleet of Dornier 328 aircraft is operated by Tianjin Airlines.[10]
[edit] Aircraft orders
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- Hainan Airlines canceled 3 Airbus A330-200 orders. These aircraft were then acquired by Garuda Indonesia.
- Hainan Airlines acquired three A340-600 coming off-service from Cathay Pacific, leased from ILFC.[11]
- On November 14, 2007, Hainan Airlines took their first Airbus A330-200. The order of seven A330-200s was announced in July 2006. These aircraft are quite similar to Air China's international A330-200 aircraft, but feature a red interior (instead of a blue interior) and different in-flight entertainment system.
- On September 29, 2005, Hainan Airlines announced an order for eight Boeing 787-8s. The delivery schedule has yet to be announced.
- In January 2006, Hainan Airlines along with CASGC announced an order for 10 Boeing 737-800s. In September 2006, Hainan Airlines confirmed another order for 15 Boeing 737-800s. The deliveries will continue through 2010.
- In June 2007, Hainan Airlines announced an order for 13 Airbus A320-200 aircraft.
- Hainan Airlines announced an order to purchase 50 Embraer ERJ-145s and 50 Embraer 190s with a total value of (at list price) US$ 2.7 billion. Deliveries commenced in September 2007 for the ERJ-145s. The 50-seat ERJ-145s were produced by the joint venture Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry (HEAI), in the city of Harbin. For the Embraer E-190, deliveries started in December 2007. The 106-seater aircraft is configured for single class service and is manufactured at the plant of São José dos Campos, Brazil. Due to the financial crisis and huge loss in the year 2008, the number of orders for the 50 seater ERJ 145 was reduced to 25 from the original of 50; the Embraer 190 order of 50 was not reduced.
- Hainan Airlines plan to set a Cargo division with three Boeing 747-400F in 2012.
[edit] Fortune Wings Club
Hainan Airlines's frequent-flyer program is called Fortune Wings Club (simplified Chinese: 金鹏俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 金鵬俱樂部). The airlines's subsidiaries Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express Airways, Lucky Air, China West Air are also parts of the program. It is also possible for passengers to collect miles on the airlines which have codeshares with Hainan Airlines.[12] Members can earn miles on flights as well as through consumption with Hainan Airlines's credit card. When enough miles are collected, members can be upgraded to Elite members which are divided into two tiers: Fortune Wings Gold membership and Silver Card membership. Elite membership can enjoy extra privileged services.[13]
| Tier Level | Benefits | Requirements |
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50,000 miles or 40 flights |
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30,000 miles or 20 flights |
[edit] Hainan Airlines subsidiaries
While operating one of China's largest commercial Airlines, Hainan Airlines also operates numerous subsidiaries in a variety of related and unrelated industries, including: 11 airports, 47 hotels and inns, 13 financial service providers, 5 marine transport firms and 2 retailers.[14]
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact Us." Hainan Airlines. Retrieved on October 3, 2009.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: 89. 2007-04-03
- ^ "The World's Official 5-Star Airlines™". Airlinequality.com. http://www.airlinequality.com/StarRanking/5star.htm. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ Hainan Airlines Honored "SKYTRAX five-star airline"
- ^ http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/336407/zest-air-offers-40-stake-to-hainan-air-eyes-expansion
- ^ HU to invest in ACT CArgo
- ^ Hainan Airlines International
- ^ "Partnership". Hainan Airlines. http://global.hnair.com/en/classlist.php?bo=bottom/About_Us/introduction.html. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ Hainan Airlines fleet at planespotters.net
- ^ Tianjin Airlines fleet list at ch-aviation.ch
- ^ Hainan Airlines To Lease Three Airbus A340-600's From ILFC (ILFC: December 4, 2007)
- ^ Hainan Airlines. "Notice on Application". http://ffp.hnair.com/FFPCLUBEN/Front/Member/JoinAttention.aspx
- ^ Elite Membership
- ^ China Business News | Hainan Airlines Establishes Ship Leasing Firm in Shanghai
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