HNA Aviation Group Co., Ltd, previously HNA Aviation Holdings Co., Ltd. commonly known as HNA Aviation, is an aviation group based in China, formerly the aviation division of the now defunct HNA Group. It is the country's fourth biggest aviation group and is headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China.
History
2009 On January 19, its previous owner HNA Group Co., Ltd. invested RMB 935,000 to establish HNA Aviation Holdings Co., Ltd.
2014 On July 7, 2014, HNA Aviation Holdings Co., Ltd. changed its name to HNA Aviation Group Co., Ltd.
2021 On February 10, following the bankruptcy of the parent company HNA Group., the Hainan Provincial High People's Court ruled to accept the reorganization case of seven companies, including HNA Aviation, and designated the clearing group of HNA Group as the manager of the above-mentioned companies. On March 13 of the same year, the Hainan High Court ruled to carry out substantial merger and reorganization of 321 companies, including HNA Group, which includes HNA Aviation.
According to the reorganization plan formulated by the clearing group of HNA Group, HNA Group will set up trusts to pay off debts, and all businesses will be reorganized in sections, but the aviation sector will be reorganized separately by introducing strategic investors. The reorganization plan selects HNA Aviation as a platform company for air transportation business management. Strategic investors will acquire HNA Aviation by cash capital increase, and the trust plan will continue to participate in aviation group. The equity of all shareholders of Shanxi Airlines and Chang'an Airlines held by HNA Aviation has been adjusted to be held by Hainan Airlines Holdings Co., Ltd.
On March 19, 2021, the Clearing Group of HNA Group issued the "Announcement of Strategic Investor Recruitment of HNA Group's Aviation Main Industry" in order to submit intentions to qualified investors, and issued a supplementary announcement on the 30th to explain that the overall recruitment of war investors in the main aviation industry, and each member airline does not recruit war investors separately. Hainan Aviation issued an announcement on September 12 that the liquidation team of HNA Group has determined that the strategic investor of HNA Group's main aviation business is Liaoning Fangda Group Industrial Co., Ltd.
On October 31, 2021, the Hainan High Court approved the Reorganization Plan for Substantial Merger and Reorganization of 321 Companies including HNA Group Co., Ltd. and the Reorganization Plan of Hainan Airlines Holdings Co., Ltd. and its Ten Subsidiaries. HNA Aviation Group Co., Ltd. completed the industrial and commercial change procedures on January 20, 2022. 95% of the company's equity was registered under the name of Hainan Fangda Aviation Development Co., Ltd., and the remaining 5% was held by Hainan Hainan Airlines No. 2 Information Management Service Co., Ltd.
Subsidiary
Airlines As of December 31, 2023, the following members are wholly owned or directly controlled by the group:
Grand China Air (GN/GDC) Capital Airlines (JD/CBJ) Suparna Airlines (Y8/YZR) West Air (PN/CHB) Tianjin Air Cargo (HT/CTJ)
The following members are jointly operated by the group or controlled by the group's subsidiaries.
Hainan Airlines (HU/CHH) China Xinhua Airlines (XW/CXH) Tianjin Airlines (GS/GCR) Lucky Air (8L/LKE) (87%) Yunnan Province (13%) Urumqi Air (UQ/CUH) Fuzhou Airlines (FU/FZA) GX Airlines (GX/CBG) (70%) Guangxi Province (30%) Shan Xi Airlines (8C/CXI) (73%) Air Chang'an (9H/CGN) (71%) Shaanxi Province (12%) Hong Kong Airlines (HX/CRK) Hong Kong Air Cargo (RH/HKC)
Aviation maintenance and repair (MRO)
HNA Technic Lufthansa HNA Technical Training Co., Ltd. SR Technics
Charter and general aviation
Deer Jet Beijing Capital Helicopter Hainan Airlines Training
Travel services
Hainan HNA Aviation sales Co., Ltd.
Fleet
Current fleet As of January 15, 2025, the fleet of HNA Aviation consists of 635 aircraft:
Long-haul:
64 Airbus A330 family aircraft. 63 Boeing 787 family aircraft. 2 Boeing 747 family aircraft.
Medium/Short-haul:
252 Boeing 737 family aircraft. 236 Airbus A320 family aircraft. 63 Embraer E-Jet family aircraft.
It is the fourth biggest fleet in order of aviation groups after China Southern Airlines Holdings, Air China Group and China Eastern Airlines Group. AircraftPictureIn serviceordersCabinOperatorNotesSourceJWYAirbus A319-100162—VIPDFACJ64—132JD, PN1——138JD7——144JD, PNAirbus A319neo21—VIPDF1——144PNAirbus A320-2001201—VIPDFACJ58144HX, JD48150JD, GS52——174HX, JD, GS, GX, 8L1——177GXex-CZ46——180HX, JD, GS, GX, 8L, PN14——186GS, 8L, PNAirbus A320neo483—8—156HU28—168GX44—168HU5——174GS7——180JD27——186GS, 8L, PNAirbus A321-200241—8—200PNex-Avianca8——212JD11——220HX, JD4——230GS, PNAirbus A321neo73—8—190JDCFMI engines48—199PNPW engines, ex-QWAirbus A330-200213—36—178HU236—186JDex-Garuda Indonesia118—246JD1018—242HU, GS, JD5CargoHXA330-200FAirbus A330-3004017—32—260HU, HX130—255HXex-SQ2124—279HU, HX, JD, 8L218—288JDAirbus A330-900—20TBAHUTBD 2025Boeing 737-700103—8—1208Lex-HU3——1383——1451CargoHTBDSFBoeing 737-8002191—8—144Y8168—150HU158—156HU, FU, CN1028—162HU, 8C, UQ4——179HU, XWNo winglet2——1839H27——186HU, FU, 8L, Y8, 9H, UQ46——189HU, FU, 8L, 9H, UQ5CargoHTBCF1CargoSFBoeing 737-82311—8—168HU12——189HU, FU, 8LBoeing 747-40011—CargoY8BDSF1CargoY8ERFBoeing 777F—2CargoY8Boeing 787-810—36—177HUGEnx enginesBoeing 787-9283—2621247HUGEnx engines1030—2591530—262Comac C909—40TBAUQComac C919—60TBAY8STD versionEmbraer 190462—6—92GSLR version44——106GS, GXEmbraer 19517———122GSLR version
Historical fleet AircraftNumberCabinOperatorNotesSourceFCYAirbus A340-6003860220HUex-CXAirbus A350-9001513—33301HU, HX2—30309HUex-JJBoeing 737-30023613CargoSF4CargoQCBoeing 737-400118—81383CargoSFBoeing 767-300ER53—34199HU2———HUex-Q7De Havilland Canada DHC-8-4003——78Donier Do-3282912——32HU -30017——32HU -310Embraer ERJ-14525——50GSLI
See also
Civil aviation in China Liaoning Fangda Group Industrial HNA Group (defunct) Hainan Airlines Grand China Air
References