Wuhan Airlines
{{Infobox airline
|airline = Wuhan Airlines
|logo = WuhanAirlinesLogo.jpg
|logo_size = 250
|image = Boeing 737-3Q8, Wuhan Airlines AN0213068.jpg
|image_size = 250
|caption = Wuhan Airlines Boeing 737-300
|fleet_size = 20
|destinations =
|IATA = WU
|ICAO = CWU
|callsign = Wuhan Air
|parent =
|company_slogan =
|founded = 1986
|ceased = 18 August 2002 (merged into China Eastern Airlines)
|headquarters = Wuhan, People's Republic of China
|key_people =
|hubs = Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
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Wuhan Airlines (S: 武汉航空, T: 武漢航空, P: Wǔhàn Hángkōng) was an airline based in Wuhan of the People's Republic of China.{{cite magazine |title=World Airline Directory |magazine=Flight International |date=31 March – 6 April 1999 |page=[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200827.html?search=%22Zhongyuan%20Airlines%22 107] |quote=230-1 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China}}{{dead link|date=January 2025}} In 2003, it merged into China Eastern Airlines.{{cite web |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/4570 |title=Information about Wuhan Airlines at the Aviation Safety Network |website=asn.flightsafety.org |access-date=2025-01-16}}{{Cite web |last=Chua |date=2024-12-10 |first=Alfred |title=C919 operators China Eastern, China Southern expand domestic network |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/c919-operators-china-eastern-china-southern-expand-domestic-network/161050.article |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Flight Global |language=en}}
Historical fleet
- 4 Avia 14 Registration #: B-4209, B-4210, B-4211, B-4212 (B-4211 crashed near Lanzhou on 8 October 1992){{cite book |last1=Gordon |first1=Yefim |last2=Komissarov |first2=Dmitriy |date=2005 |title=Ilyushin IL-12 and IL-14: Successors to the Li-2 |edition=1st |publisher=Midland Publishing |location=Hinckley, England |isbn=1-85780-223-3 |page=90}}
- 2 Boeing 737-36R Registration #: B-2969, B-2988
- 3 Boeing 737-3Q8 Registration #: B-2918, B-2919, B-2928
- 1 Boeing 737-3S3 Registration #: B-2976
- 2 Boeing 737-86R Registration #: B-2660, B-2665
- 5 Yunshuji Y-7 Registration #: B-3442, B-3443, B-3471, B-3472, B-3479
- 3 Xian MA60 Registration #: B-3430, B-3431, B-3432 (now under China Eastern Airlines colors)
Accidents and incidents
- On October 8, 1992, Wuhan Airlines Flight 4211 a flight from Lanzhou to X'ian crashed into a hill while returning to Lanzhou due to an engine failure for unknown reasons, killing 14 of the 35 onboard (5 crew members and 9 passengers).
- On June 22, 2000, Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 from Enshi to Wuhan was forced to circle for 30 minutes due to thunderstorms. The aircraft eventually crashed on the banks of Han River in Hanyang District,{{cite web |url=https://news.sina.com.cn/china/2000-06-22/100012.html |script-title=zh:祸从天降：汉江边4人被武汉坠毁飞机扫入江中 |date=2000-06-22 |website=Sina |language=zh |access-date=2009-01-14}} all on-board perished, though there were varying accounts of number of crew and passengers. In addition, the crash also killed 7 people on the ground.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4493047.stm |title=How planes survive lightning |date=2005-04-28 |last=Geoghegan |first=Tom |work=BBC News Magazine |access-date=2009-01-14}}{{cite web |url=http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/prc.htm |title=Fatal Events Since 1970 for Airlines of the People's Republic of China |date=2007-12-10 |website=AirSafe.com |access-date=2009-01-14}}{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121209031043/http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06222000®=B-3479&airline=Wuhan+Airlines Accident Report]}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|China|Companies|Aviation}}
- [http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=389 Code and Fleet Data]{{dead link|date=January 2025}}
- [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/cwu.htm Timetable Images]
{{Defunct airlines of China}}
{{Airlines of the People's Republic of China}}
{{China Eastern Airlines}}
{{Transport in China}}
Category:Companies based in Wuhan
Category:Airlines disestablished in 2003
Category:Defunct airlines of China
Category:China Eastern Airlines
Category:Airlines established in 1986
Category:Chinese companies established in 1986