China Express Airlines

China Express Airlines (simplified Chinese: 华夏航空; traditional Chinese: 華夏航空; pinyin: Huáxià Hángkōng) is a regional airline with its corporate headquarters on the grounds of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Chongqing, China.^[5]

China Express Airlines
华夏航空

IATA ICAO Call sign G5[1] HXA CHINA EXPRESS[2]
Founded	18 April 2006; 19 years ago (2006-04-18)
Hubs	Chongqing[3]
Focus cities	Guiyang Hohhot
Fleet size	77
Destinations	133[4]
Traded as	SZSE: 002928
Headquarters	Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Chongqing, China
Key people	Hu Xiaojun (Chairman) Wu Longjiang (President)
Employees	More than 2,000
Website	www.chinaexpressair.com

China Express
Simplified Chinese	华夏航空股份公司
Traditional Chinese	華夏航空股份公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáxià Hángkōng gōngsī

History

China Express Airlines, also known as Huaxia Airlines, is China's first private regional airline. The airline was established in May 2006 and is owned by Cathay Fortune (40%), High Zero (25%), Tampines International (24%) and others (11%).^[1]

On August 28, 2010, a China Express Airlines Bombardier Bombardier CRJ200 regional jet scraped the ground on landing at Guiyang Airport in southwest China. No one was injured during the incident. On 1 September 2010, China's Civil Aviation Administration ordered the airline to suspend operations after a landing incident at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in which an aircraft's right wing made contact with the runway during landing. The airline was ordered to review its safety regulations and perform an investigation into the incident.^[6] On 6 September, Chinese authorities allowed the airline to resume partial operations; according to a spokesperson, the company planned to resume full operations within two weeks.^[7]

Corporate affairs

The airline was previously headquartered on the grounds of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Chongqing.^[8]

Fleet

China Express Airlines CRJ200 at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport.

China Express Airlines CRJ900 at the Bombardier plant at Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.

As of August 2025^[update], China Express Airlines operates the following aircraft:^[9]

China Express Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Airbus A320-200	11	—	4	168	172
Airbus A320neo	19	—	4	168	172
Bombardier CRJ900	36	—	6	78	84
Comac C909	11	39[10]	—	95	95
Total	77	39

In October 2011, China Express signed a conditional order for six CRJ900 NextGen aircraft with an option for an additional five. The deal was announced on February 10, 2012.^[11] On July 7, 2012, the conditional order was converted into a firm order.^[12]

In 2014, the airline signed a deal for a further 16 Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft (including 8 options).^[13]

On April 30, 2015, China Express retired its final CRJ 200 with the last flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport operating as flight G52006. On December 31, 2015, the company exercised eight of its options and placed a firm order for 10 CRJ 900.^[14][15]