Shanghai Airlines

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Shanghai Airlines 上海航空公司 Shànghǎi Hángkōng Gōngsì

IATA FM	ICAO CSH	Callsign SHANGHAI AIR
Founded		1985
Hubs		Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Focus cities		Nanjing Lukou International Airport Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
Alliance		Star Alliance (Observer Status)
Fleet size		49
Destinations
Headquarters		Shanghai, China
Key people		Zhou Chi (President) Fan Hongxi (CEO)
Website: http://www.shanghai-air.com

Boeing 767-300 in Macau

Shanghai Airlines is an airline based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It operates domestic and international services. Its main bases are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao Airport ^[1].

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Codeshares and alliances
4 Fleet
5 See Also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1985. It was founded by the Shanghai municipal government as the first independently run local airline in China. It was initially restricted to domestic flights, but in September 1997 won government approval to operate international services. In October 2002 it began to issue shares on the Shanghai stock market. It launched domestic freighter services in May 2004 ^[1]. It is the fifth largest airline of China by fleet size. In 2006 a cargo airline, Shanghai Airlines Cargo, was established with Taiwan-based EVA Air^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

Main article: Shanghai Airlines destinations

[edit] Codeshares and alliances

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In 2005, the airline launched codeshare flights with Lufthansa to Germany from Shanghai.
In 2006, the airline signed an agreement to begin codeshare flights with United Airlines between China and the United States.
Also in 2006, Shanghai Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Thai Airways International which includes codesharing flights and reciprocating frequent flyer program benefits for members.
Shanghai Airlines becomes an airline partner of Air New Zealand Airpoints from November 7, 2006.
On 10 May 2006 it was announced that Shanghai Airlines will become the 19th member of Star Alliance.