XiamenAir

Xiamen Airlines ( sh(y)ah-MEN), branded as XiamenAir, is an airline based in Xiamen, Fujian, China. XiamenAir has its northern headquarters in Beijing and nine branches in Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Changsha, Beijing, Quanzhou, Chongqing, Shanghai and Yinchuan, and two subsidiaries in Hebei Airlines (99.47% shareholding) and Jiangxi Airlines (60% shareholding, based on the former Xiamen Airlines Nanchang Branch). Founded on 25 July 1984, XiamenAir 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 (now Xiamen C&D Group) 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 XiamenAir is Zhao Dong and the general manager is Wang Zhixue. XiamenAir operates more than 320 domestic and international routes from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport, Fuzhou Changle International Airport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, with 3,500 to 4,000 flights per week and carries nearly 25 million passengers per year. XiamenAir's logo is "A Heron Flying High", a well-known trademark in China, and its frequent flyer program is the XiamenAir White Egret Frequent Flyer Program. The airline features in-flight announcements in Mandarin and English, but also in Minnan, which are broadcast by Xia Hui, a former broadcaster for the Central People's Radio station and Xiamen Broadcasting Company. XiamenAir is the 19th member of the international airline alliance SkyTeam and the first mainland Chinese airline outside the three major state-owned carriers to join one of the world's three major airline alliances. It became the fourth full SkyTeam member in Greater China, after China Southern, China Eastern, and Taiwan-based China Airlines.