China Northern Airlines


China Northern Airlines was an airline headquartered on the grounds of Dongta Airport, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Besides Shenyang, it also had three hubs at Harbin Taiping International Airport, Changchun Longjia International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
It was one of six major airline corporations that were formed as a result of the breakup of CAAC's airline operations. It initially operated a fleet of Airbus A300, McDonnell-Douglas MD-80, MD-90 and, later, Airbus A321 aircraft. It operated predominantly domestic destinations and also to North Korea, South Korea and Japan.

History

China Northern Airlines was established in 1990 to act as a successor to Swan Airlines. By the end of 1999, the airline had reached a total cargo rotation volume of 4882 million ton/km. In 2001 the airlines had ordered ten Airbus A321 but only six were in the fleet. It later merged into China Southern Airlines in 2003.

Fleet

The fleet as of 1995.

AircraftTotal
Airbus A30011
Airbus A3216
Antonov An-2Unknown
McDonnell Douglas MD-8239
Mcdonnell Douglas MD-90Unknown
Xian Y7-100Unknown

Frequent Flyer Program

Sky Pearl Club was China Northern Airlines’ frequent flyer program until 2003 when it merged with China Southern Airlines.

Accidents