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HAINAN AIRLINES
The airline was established in October 1989 as Hainan Province Airlines. It then renamed as Hainan Airlines and became China's first joint-stock air transport enterprise in January 1993 and began scheduled services on 2 May 1993. Executive jet operations with a Learjet 55 were added in April 1995. In 1998 it became the first Chinese airline to own shares in an airport when it purchased a 25% stake in Haikou Meilan International Airport. Hainan Airlines has over 9,000 employees (as of April 2006).
It owns stakes in a range of airlines: Shanxi Airlines (92.51%), Chang'an Airlines (73.51%), China Xinhua Airlines (60%), Shilin Airlines (48.9%) and Yangtze River Express (15%).
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