Jiangxi Air Co., Ltd. is a Chinese

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with its headquarters at

Nanchang Changbei International Airport Nanchang Changbei International Airport is an airport serving Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, China. It is located north of Nanchang. Construction began in October 1996 and the airport went into operation on 10 September 1999, repl ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into h ...

. It is a

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between XiamenAir and the Jiangxi Provincial Government. The airline flies to six destinations using

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aircraft.

History

On 13 August 2014, XiamenAir and the Jiangxi Provincial Government signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the establishment of an airline based in the province.Lu, Winnie (15 December 2015)
"Jiangxi Air Unveils Its Logo and Livery, Introduces First B738"
''China Aviation Daily''. Retrieved 17 January 2016. On 17 March 2015, the

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(CAAC) granted Jiangxi Air preliminary approval to begin operations. The airline was granted its

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on 8 December. On 14 December 2015, Jiangxi Air received its first

aircraft, from parent XiamenAir, while unveiling its logo. Its livery consists of a

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, symbolising the environmental beauty of Jiangxi Province; and the colours blue and white, representing the famous

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Jingdezhen Jingdezhen is a prefecture-level city, in northeastern Jiangxi province, with a total population of 1,669,057 (2018), bordering Anhui to the north. It is known as the " Porcelain Capital" because it has been producing Chinese ceramics for at ...

in the province. On 30 December 2015, the airline conducted its first test flight, from

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. It received its

on 8 January 2016, allowing it to commence commercial flights. Jiangxi Air operated its first flight on 29 January 2016, from

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via

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.Wong, Joy (28 January 2016)
"Chinese Start-up Jiangxi Airlines Gets Its AOC"
''China Aviation Daily''. Retrieved 28 January 2016. It is initially using

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s, maintenance staff, and other staff from XiamenAir.

Corporate affairs

Jiangxi Air is a

between XiamenAir (60%) and state-owned Jiangxi Aviation Investment Co Ltd (40%). The two organisations have invested ¥2 billion in the airline.

Destinations

As of April 2019, Jiangxi Air flies to the following destinations in China:

Fleet

, Jiangxi Air operates the following aircraft:

References

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* — {{authority control Airlines of China XiamenAir Transport in Jiangxi Companies based in Jiangxi Government-owned companies of China Airlines established in 2014 Chinese companies established in 2014 China Southern Airlines Chinese brands Low-cost carriers