Haikou Meilan International Airport Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company. The company was the developer, owner and operator of

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of the same name. However, the airport is now operated by the company's subsidiary HNA Infrastructure Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Hainan Meilan Airport).

History

Haikou Meilan International Airport Co., Ltd. () was incorporated on 25 August 1998 by a consortium of

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(50%),

Hainan Airlines Hainan Airlines Co., Ltd. (HNA, ) is an airline headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. The airline is rated as a 5-star airline by Skytrax. It is the largest civilian-run and majority state-owned air transport company ...

(33.4%)

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(8.3%) and Hainan International Trust Investment Corporation (8.3%). Initially the company had a share capital of . The company takeover the development of the airport from Haikou Meilan International Airport Corporation (), a subsidiary of Hainan Airport in the same year. In 2000,

HNA Group HNA Group Co., Ltd., is a Chinese conglomerate headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China. Founded in 2000, it was involved in numerous industries including aviation, real estate, financial services, tourism, logistics, and more. It is a part owner ...

, an associate company of Hainan Airlines, became the controlling shareholder of the airport developer. The company listed some of the assets to

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as Hainan Meilan Airport (now known as HNA Infrastructure) in 2002. However, the runway was retained, despite the listed company had 20-year concession and obligation to maintain the runway. Haikou Meilan International Airport was also in the consortium to acquire Bohai Trust. The stake were sold in 2012 to

. In October 2016, the share capital had increased to . In December 2016, the holding company decided to inject the runway of phase 1 to its listed subsidiary HNA Infrastructure in an all-share deal. In August 2017, the company received a warning from

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regarding the incorrect information that was published.

Shareholders

October 2016 filing i
National Credit Information Publicity System
(in Chinese)

Equity investments

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(8.30%) *

(7.08%; cross ownership)

References

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