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China Express Airlines

History

China Express Air, 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%).

On August 28th, 2011, a China Express Airlines Bombardier CRJ 200 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.

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.

Fleet

As of January 2013, the China Express fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 3 years

Aircraft	Total	Orders
Bombardier CRJ200	5	-
Bombardier CRJ900	3	3
Total	8	3

Contact

Aircraft	Tell	Fax
Guiyang	(+86) 851 5499 660	(+86) 851 5499 670
Chongqing	(+86) 23 6715 3850	(+86) 23 6715 2703
Telephone complaints	(+86) 1359 501 2304
E-mail	cea@chinaexpressair.com

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. On July 7, 2012, the conditional order was converted into a firm order.