Defunct airline of China (1987–2002)
China Southwest Airlines (中国西南航空公司 ) was a civil airline headquartered in Shuangliu , Chengdu , Sichuan , China, from 1987 to 2002.[ 1] Air China in October 2002.
Destinations
China Southwest Airlines' main hub was at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and its secondary hub was in Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport . It was the only airline flying to Lhasa Gonggar Airport until 2002. Although most routes from its hubs Chengdu and Chongqing were domestic, it also flew to Bangkok , Chiang Mai , Kathmandu , Kuala Lumpur , Singapore , Osaka and Seoul .[citation needed
Fleet
China Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 China Southwest Airlines operated a fleet of Boeing 737-300 , Boeing 737-600 , Boeing 737-800 , Boeing 757-200 and Airbus A340-300 aircraft. It had formerly operated other aircraft, including the Ilyushin Il-18D , the Tupolev Tu-154 , and the Boeing 707 .[ 2]
Incidents and accidents
On January 18, 1988, China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 , an Ilyushin 18D crashed while on approach to Chongqing Baishiyi Airport . All 108 people on board were killed.[ 3]
On October 2, 1990, a hijacked Xiamen Airlines plane (operated as Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 ) sideswiped a China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707 (operated as China Southwest Airlines Flight 4305 ) before crashing into a third airliner. Nobody on the 707 died.[ 4]
On February 24, 1999, Flight 4509 , a Tupolev Tu-154 crashed into a field while on approach to Wenzhou Airport , killing all 61 passengers and crew members on board, and leading to the withdrawal of all of China Southwest's Tu-154 fleet.[ 5]
See also
References
External links
China Southwest Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
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