China Xinjiang Airlines
The airline was established as a detachment of the CAAC Xinjiang Regional Authority;[2] it started operations on 1 January 1985 (1985-01-01).[7][nb 1] Five years later,[update] the president position was held by Zhang Ruifu, who employed 4,597.[2] At this time, Almaty, Beijing, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Jinan, Karamay, Korla, Kunming, Lanzhou, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tashkent, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xiamen, Xining, Yantai and Zhengzhou comprised the scheduled destination network.[10] China Xinjiang Airlines IATA's code ″XO″ became replaced with the CZ one for domestic operations in early 2003.[10][11] By late March 2003[update], the replacement of the XO code was extended to all the operations.