China Northwest Airlines is an airline based in the People's Republic of China. The airline, along with China Yunnan Airlines merged with China Eastern Airlines. China Yunnan Airlines (Chinese: 雲南航空公司) is an airline based in the Peoples Republic of China. ... China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (中国东方航空股份有限公司) is an airline based in Shanghai, China. ...

When CAAC broke itself up into 5 major airline corporations, China Northwest was one of them. The airline is based in Xian and operated a fleet of BAe-146, Tupolev Tu-154, Airbus A310 and later Airbus A320 aircraft. It operated mostly domestic routes but also a handful of international service to Japan. The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (中国民用航空总局, Pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínyòng Hángkōng ZÇ’ngjú), most widely recognized by the initials CAAC, is an administrative body under the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China that oversees civil aviation in mainland China. ... The Xian drum tower Xian (Chinese: 西安; pinyin: Xīān; Wade-Giles: Hsi-An; literal meaning: Western Peace) is the capital of Shaanxi province, in China and a sub-provincial city. ... The BAe 146 (also known as the Avro RJ) is a medium-sized commercial aircraft manufactured by BAE Systems. ... Overhead view of Tu-154 airliner, operated by Aeroflot at Moscow airport. ... The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range widebody airliner developed from the Airbus A300 and manufactured by Airbus Industrie. ... The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. ...