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  info: SHANXI&SECTION=9
Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the north.
Shanxi was the location of the powerful state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period (722 BC - 403 BC), which underwent a three-way split into the states of Han, Zhao and Wei in 403 BC, the traditional date taken as the start of the Warring States Period (403 BC - 221 BC).
Shanxi is located on a plateau, which is in turn made up of higher ground to the east (Taihang mountains) and the west (Luliang mountains), and a series of valleys in the center through which the Fen River flows.
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 Encyclopedia: Severe acute respiratory syndrome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
On March 27, 2003, the WHO recommended the screening of airline passengers for the symptoms of SARS.
In Singapore, a single hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, was designated as the sole treatment and isolation centre for all confirmed and probable cases of the disease on 22 March.
On April 1, a European airline laid off a batch of employees owing to a drop in travellers caused by the 11 September attacks and SARS.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome   (8647 words)

  
 Hainan set to rival China's big three airline groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
China's three main airline groups are to face increased competition from fast-growing Hainan Airlines, which is working to cement its status as the country's fourth airline grouping, and Shanghai Airlines, which is also planning long-haul international services.
Airlines sources say Hainan plans to change its name to Grand China Airlines and move its base from Haikou, on southern China's Hainan island, to the national capital Beijing.
Hainan Airlines, primarily a domestic carrier with a handful of regional international services, says it plans to launch more international flights from Beijing and is seeking approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to enter the long-haul passenger market to destinations such as the USA.
www.flightinternational.com /FALANDING_177381.htm   (426 words)

  
 CatiaWorld News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hainan Airlines based in China's southern most island province has ordered three Boeing 737-800 jets with a 1.1 billion yuan (132.5 million US dollars) loan granted by a domestic bank, company sources have confirmed.
The airline company signed a pact with the Shanxi branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on November 1 in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, said Chen Feng, president of Hainan Airlines Group, China's fourth-largest carrier.
Hainan Airlines Group, which consists of Hainan Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Chang'an Airlines, is China's fourth largest carrier, following the "big three" flagship carriers of Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines.
www.catiaworld.com /cwnews/view.asp?msgID=1601   (242 words)

  
 Shanghai Airlines buys China United   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Shanghai Airlines is to pay 15 million yuan initially and the remaining 55 million yuan upon completion of the takeover.
Shanghai Airlines has been able to remain independent of the country's three main airline groups that are centred around Beijing-based Air China, Shanghai-based China Eastern and Guangzhou-based China Southern.
There are now no significant airlines remaining in the country apart from Hainan and Shanghai that are not under the control of the central government or that do not have some form of ownership links with the big three.
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 » Shanxi Airlines - Airlines in China :: Airlines Industry News :: Aeroplanes, Airlines and Much More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Shanxi Airlines is an airline based in Taiyuan in the People’s Republic of China.
Hainan Airlines owns a 92.51% stake in Shanxi Airlines, acquired in a deal approved by state authorities as part of China’s airline consolidation.
The airline had the misfortune of being one of the few airlines involved in lightening related fatality.
airlines.news-axis.com /217/shanxi-airlines-airlines-in-china   (649 words)

  
 Capital International Airport. Who is Capital International Airport? What is Capital International Airport? Where is ...
The airport is a hub for Air China.
It is very difficult for airlines to get coveted rights into Mainland China.
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines want rights into China, but at the last time that rights were given out, they went to Federal Express.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Capital_International_Airport   (94 words)

  
 Galileo Increases Airline Participation in China, Adding Hainan Airlines and Six of China's Key Regional Airlines
The increase results from the recent decision by Hainan Airlines to participate in Galileo and from the People's Republic of China (PRC) Government consolidation policy that is placing six of China's key regional airlines under the control of three main carriers.
About Hainan Airlines Hainan Airlines was established by the restructuring of the former Hainan Provincial Airlines Company in January 1993 and started operations in May the same year.
In November 1999, Hainan Airlines was granted permission to operate scheduled and non-scheduled international flights from Hainan province to Southeast Asia and neighbouring countries.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-24-2003/0001933035&EDATE=   (948 words)

  
 China Airline - Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Northwest, Southwest, Xianjiang, Yunnan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
China Southern Airlines Company Limited together with its subsidiaries (collectively, the Group) is the largest airline in The People`s Republic of China.
China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd, its subsidiaries and branches are located in East and Northern China with more than 40 sales offices all over the country.
Hainan Airlines Company Limited (hereinafter called HNA) was established by the restructuring of the former Hainan provincial Airlines Company in January 1993,and started its operation on May 2nd, 1993.
www.muztagh.com /china-airline   (143 words)

  
 Urdu Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hainan Airlines Co Ltd, partly owned by global financier George Soros, did not offer an assessment of the issue looming large in investors' minds: the potentially giant hit to passenger numbers from the raging outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
Shanghai Airlines, China's sixth-largest carrier by traffic volume, posted a loss from January to March of 12.74 million yuan, despite revenue jumping 24 percent to 997.63 million yuan.
Of the two, Hainan Airlines, whose bread and butter are the hordes of tourists visiting its sunny tropical island base, would be harder hit by Beijing's decision to shorten the traditional Golden Week holidays in the first week of May, analysts said.
www.urdutimes.com /englishnews/2003/04/27/en8   (571 words)

  
 Hainan to set up in Yunnan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hainan Airlines is planning to set up a passenger airline in the south-west Chinese province of Yunnan.
The fast-growing airline group told the Shanghai stock exchange that the new carrier is to be called Shilin Airlines, set up in partnership with Hainan group unit Shanxi Airlines and a local tourism company.
Shanxi Airlines will own 51%, Hainan Airlines will have a direct 48.9% stake and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation will have 0.1%.
www.flightinternational.com /fi_general/FALANDING_185689.htm   (166 words)

  
 » Hainan Airlines - Airlines in China :: Airlines Industry News :: Aeroplanes, Airlines and Much More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hainan Airlines is an airline based in the People’s Republic of China.
Hainan Airlines has signed initial agreement to purchase 8 Boeing 787 aircraft to be delivered between June 2008 and April 2010 (ref: Airliner World, April 2005).
Shanxi Airlines - Airlines in China Shanxi Airlines is an airline based in Taiyuan in the People's Republic of China.
airlines.news-axis.com /212/hainan-airlines-airlines-in-china   (648 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - China's Hainan Airlines to consolidate into single unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hainan Airlines, in which US financier George Soros has a 14.8% stake, China Xinhua Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Chang'an Airlines will be merged into a single group with headquarters in Beijing, the Shanghai Morning Post reported, citing an unamed company official.
China began consolidating its aviation industry in late 2002 when most smaller, regional airlines were merged into one of the "big three" — flag carrier Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines.
Three domestically-listed carriers were excluded from the restructuring — Shanghai Airlines, Shandong Airlines and Hainan Airlines, which absorbed three regional competitors.
www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2004-01-27-grand-china-airline_x.htm   (245 words)

  
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Hainan Airlines Company Ltd. is the leading enterprise of the air transportation block of HNA Group, and is entrusted to manage and coordinate the five other affiliated enterprises, namely Deer Jet Company Ltd., Chang'an Airlines Company Ltd., Shanxi Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines Company Ltd., and Yangtze River Express Company.
With the rapid development in the business field, HNA has grown up into a leading airlines company and is trying to become the first airline to be chosen by passengers in the future.
In China HNA is known as a dynamically developing Airline underscored by the fact that it has received a number of prestigious awards over its history.
www.malev.hu /BP/ENG/I_CORPORATEPARTNERSHIP_ENG/2004-0731-1853-31BHMQ.asp   (499 words)

  
 Orient Aviation | 12.00 Growing Pains   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Earlier Hainan Airlines, which boasts U.S. financier George Soros as a key shareholder, said it was merging with cash-strapped Changan Airlines.
As additional evidence of a quickening pace of restructuring, China is reported to be hastening the drafting of rules that allow foreign investors to increase their stakes in mainland airlines to 49% from the present 35%.
It is a move many Chinese airlines crave as a source of foreign capital and expertise as China readies itself for membership of the World Trade Organisation.
www.orientaviation.com /pages/back_issues/00_12/OA_V8N3_Fea_rev2000_pains.html   (790 words)

  
 Airlines Remembered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hainan Airlines has expanded very rapidly by buying three airlines in the past two years, and is looking for fresh capital to lower its financial burden, said Chen Feng, chairman of the Shanghai-listed carrier and its parent Hainan Air Group.
Hainan Air, with a fleet of 75 planes, is one of the best regarded of China's small regional airlines though it faces a tough future due to a overnment-driven restructuring of the aviation industry which has created three giant competitors.
But the acquisitions, and that of Shanxi Airlines, took a toll on Hainan Air's balance sheet last year, when financing costs surged 80 percent and profit dropped 39 percent to 100.3 million yuan on revenues of 3.3 billion yuan.
www.ruudleeuw.com /rem-xinhua.htm   (328 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Hainan Airlines to open new branch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hainan Airlines Co, China's fourth largest carrier, said yesterday it plans to establish an airline company with a registered capital of 771.58 billion yuan (US$92.96 million) in Southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Hainan Airlines' affiliate, Shanxi Airlines Co, will invest 47.07 million yuan (US$5.67 million) and provide a Boeing and a Dash-8 aircraft for the new company, while Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation Co will invest 1 million yuan (US$120,000).
But an industry expert said the aim of Hainan Airlines in establishing a new airline company was to tap the huge tourism resources in Yunnan to increase the company's profits.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200407/29/eng20040729_151259.html   (456 words)

  
 Shanxi Airlines - 8C - Taiyuan - China (People's Republic of) - Mr Qin Jianming, President - ATI, Air Transport ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
China’s Hainan Airlines has decided three Boeing 737-800s it has on order will be operated by its subsidiary carrier Shanxi Airlines.
A Hainan Airlines official in Haikou confirms the aircraft are to be delivered to Hainan...
Hainan Airlines is planning to set up a new passenger airline in the southwest Chinese province of Yunnan.
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 Beijing Capital International Airport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
On September 20, 2004, the new Terminal 1 opened (it was formerly the only terminal until 1999) exclusively for China Southern Airlines domestic and international flights from Beijing.
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are currently seeking slots, but at the last time any were given out, they went to Federal Express.
Terminal 1 is open as of September 20, 2004, which handles CZ (China Southern) flights (and originally was planned to handle domestic traffic, excluding those to Hong Kong, Macao and eventually Taiwan).
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Beijing-Capital-International-Airport.htm   (779 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - China - Transportation | Chinese Information Resource
The national airline was run by the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC).
Regional airlines were run by provinciallevel and municipal authorities.
The Seventh Five-Year Plan gave top priority to increasing the capacity of existing rail lines and, in particular, to improving the coal transportation lines between Shanxi Province and other provincial-level units and ports and to boosting total transportation capacity to 230 million tons by 1990.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/china/china243.html   (955 words)

  
 Shanghai Airlines hopeful for approval of flights to Germany
China's government will soon allow Shanghai Airlines to fly to Germany, the first time one of the country's smaller air carriers has been granted an international long-haul route, the South China Morning Post reports.
Hainan Airlines has also applied to the aviation administration for permission to fly to the US, Europe and South America, the paper quotes an unnamed executive at that airline as saying.
Hainan Airlines is trying to expand by joining forces with other regional airlines, including Xinhua Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Changan Airlines.
www.airlinequality.com /news/060204-shanghai.htm   (196 words)

  
 List of airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of airlines in operation.
Defunct airlines should be added to the list of defunct airlines.
Philippine Airlines Airbus A330-301: turning onto runway 02C in Singapore for departure to Manila.
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 Luchtzak Aviation | Forums | Latest aviation news | China "opens skies" & Hainan Airlines (HU) - The ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The government is liberalising market access selectively, without threatening the mainland's airline (and airport hub) consolidation programme, while fare reforms are designed to give airlines greater flexibility in setting fares according to market demand.
Hainan Airlines is the airline of the province Hainan.
Hainan Airlines Company Ltd. is the leading enterprise of the air transportation block of HNA Group, and is entrusted to manage and coordinate the other five affiliated enterprises, Deer Jet Company Ltd., Chang'an Airlines Company Ltd., Shanxi Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines Company Ltd., and Yangtze River Express Company.
www.luchtzak.be /postt1013.html   (559 words)

  
 Asian Aerospace 2004: Air China readies to take IPO plunge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Consolidation of government-owned airlines and subsequent moves toward privatization form the centerpiece of the effort.
Air China is one of three airline groups–the largest in terms of assets–created by recent industry consolidation.
Other recent Chinese international initiatives include approval of Singapore Airlines as the first foreign carrier to operate “beyond China”; flights to a third country, and the subsequent introduction of “open skies” at Hainan that allow overseas airlines to fly international passenger and freight routes from the island off the Chinese south coast.
www.ainonline.com /Publications/asian/asian_04/d1_airchinap20.html   (843 words)

  
 Asia Pacific News - Editorial: G.D.S. / C.R.S. - Galileo Increases Airline Participation In China - Mon Aug 22, 2005
Hainan Airlines, China's fourth largest carrier, and all mainland Chinese carriers are participating at the highest level that directly impacts the sell process - a level known as Interactive Sell and sometimes referred to as Inside Link-Last Seat.
Galileo started representing airlines on the mainland in 1996, when it announced the highest level of connectivity with Air China and China Eastern Airlines.
Hainan Airlines was established by the restructuring of the former Hainan Provincial Airlines Company in January 1993 and started operations in May the same year.
www.asia-pacific-news.com /s/Editorial-GDS-CRS.asp?ReportID=60435&_Title=Galileo-Increases-Airline-Participation-In-China   (734 words)

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