Xiamen Airlines

Xiamen Airlines, branded as XiamenAir, is an airline based in Xiamen, Fujian, China, with a northern headquarters in Beijing and branches in Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Changsha, Beijing, Quanzhou, Chongqing and Shanghai, along with the subsidiaries Hebei Airlines and Jiangxi Airlines. Founded on 25 July 1984, it was the first airline in China to operate independently as an enterprise, established as a joint venture between the Shanghai Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Xiamen Special Economic Zone Construction Development Company and Fujian Investment Enterprise Company. Its shareholders are China Southern Airlines Corporation with 55 percent, Xiamen C&D Group with 34 percent, and Fujian Investment and Development Group with 11 percent.