XiamenAir (formerly Xiamen Airlines) is a Chinese passenger airline based in Xiamen, Fujian Province. The airline operates scheduled passenger flights out of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and, to a lesser extent, Fuzhou Changle International Airport and Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.
The airline is owned by China Southern Airlines (55%), Xiamen Construction and Development Group (34%), and Fujian Investment & Development Group (11%). Xiamen Airlines holds a 99.47% stake in Hebei Airlines and a 60% stake in Jiangxi Airlines.
The airline was established as a domestic carrier on July 25, 1984, primarily to connect the province of Fujian to the rest of China. As China's aviation sector developed the airline expanded to regional Asian destinations while the delivery of wide-body Boeing 787 Dreamliners permitted the airline to offer long distance services. The airline's first inter-continental expansion was to Europe which commenced with an Amsterdam service from July 26, 2015. Services to Sydney followed from November 30, 2015, and Melbourne a year later. The airline's first North American service, to Vancouver were launched on July 26, 2016. XiamenAir's first US service was to Seattle followed by Los Angeles and then New York. By early 2014, the airlines had set up bases at Fuzhou Changle International Airport, Nanchang Changbei International Airport, Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Changsha Huanghua International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport.
XiamenAir was honored with the title of "The Best Airline In Mainland China" for 19 consecutive quarters in the "Airlines Service Survey" made by CARNOC.com. The survey consists of comprehensive questionnaires answered by the passengers and analyzed by experts.
Xiamen Airlines concluded 2015 with passenger numbers of 22.77 million, and a profit of 1800 million CNY. It was the 28th consecutive year of profit for the airline. By early 2016, the airline operated 230 domestic routes along with 60 international routes. Xiamen Air is also recognized as the operator of Fuzhou Changle International Airport's first direct North American route, which commenced in February 2017, to New York-JFK.
XiamenAir (Xiamen Airlines) is a member of SkyTeam since 21 November 2012.
On 13 August 2014, XiamenAir and the Jiangxi Provincial Government signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the establishment of Jiangxi Air.
Livery
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, registration B-1567, built 2017, serial number 63041 Schiphol (AMS/EHAM), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 30 October 2019
100th Boeing livery
Boeing 737-85C(WL), registration B-5688, built 2013, serial number 41792 Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN), Xiamen, China, 31 October 2019
SkyTeam livery
Boeing 737-85C(WL), registration B-5159, built 2006, serial number 35044 Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN), Xiamen, China, 31 October 2019
