Airlines
Chinese Airlines Partner With Local Government To Expand
Xiamen Airlines and Hunan government to form new regional carrier
A Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Qingdao Liuting International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by byeangel)
A Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Qingdao Liuting International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by byeangel)

More Chinese airlines are courting local governments to establish joint venture carriers as they seek funding, incentives for landing, parking and ground-handling charges. Most recently, Xiamen Airlines (XAL) and the Hunan local government have agreed to form a regional carrier known as Zhongnan Airlines through the Hunan Airport Management Group (HAMG). The partners plan to base Zhongan’s operations at the Changsha Huanghua International Airport and launch services in the south and central regions of China late this month using Boeing 737-800s.


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