China Xinhua Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国新华航空; traditional Chinese: 中國新華航空; pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīnhuá Hángkōng) was an airline based in Chaoyang District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. It operated scheduled trunk services and charter flights. Its main bases were Beijing Capital International Airport and Tianjin Binhai International Airport. In Nov 29, 2007, it merged with Shanxi Airlines and Chang’an Airlines to form Grand China Air, a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines.
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