Xiamen Airlines

Xiamen Airlines is a Chinese airline established in 1984 and headquartered in Xiamen, on the coast of Fujian Province in southeastern China. According to its company profile it was the first airline in China to operate under the modern enterprise system.

Scale

• Fleet of 211 aircraft
• More than 400 domestic and international routes
• Nearly 40 million passengers a year
• More than 23 million members in its frequent flyer programme, Egret Miles
• More than 8 million hours of safe flight operations

Hubs

The airline lists transfer services at four hubs: Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Beijing. It also offers a China 144-hour visa-free transit information page and connecting flight products for international and regional connections.

Alliance and cargo

Xiamen Airlines is a member of the SkyTeam alliance, and its cargo arm has its own site at cargo.xiamenair.com.

Recognition listed by the airline

• Second China Quality Award in March 2016, which it describes as the first for a Chinese service enterprise
• APEX Five-star International Airline award for three years running from its first evaluation in 2020
• APEX World Class award in 2022 and 2023
• First airline to sign an agreement with the United Nations on the Sustainable Development Goals, in February 2017

Services

Online booking, online check-in, seat selection, lounges, in-flight meals and entertainment, and special assistance. The reservations hotline in mainland China is 95557.

Contact

Phone (China): 95557