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{{Short description|Former Chinese airline}}
{{Refimprove|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox Airline
|airline=CNAC Zhejiang Airlines
|logo=CNAC HK logo (blue).svg|logo_size=150px
|ICAO=CJG
|callsign=ZHEJIANG
|founded= 1999 by the [[China National Aviation Holding]]
|commenced=
|ceased= 2004 (absorbed by [[Air China]]) 
|headquarters= [[Jianqiao Airport]], [[Hangzhou]], China 
|destinations= Asia
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://zjair.com zjair.com]
|}}

'''Zhejiang Airlines''' ({{zh|c=浙江航空|p=Zhèjiāng Hángkōng}}) was an [[airline]] based in [[Jianqiao Airport]] in [[Hangzhou]], [[Zhejiang]], China.<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 31 March-6 April 1999. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200828.html?search=%22Zhongyuan%20Airlines%22 108]. "Jian Qiao Airport, 7 Yucheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310021, China"</ref><ref>"Directory:World airlines." ''[[Flight International]]''. 1–7 April 2003. "[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2003/2003%20-%200749.html?search="Zhejiang Airlines" p. 98]. "Jian Qiao Airport, 7 Yucheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310021, China"</ref> The airline was wholly owned by [[China National Aviation Holding]]. During 2004, as part of a consolidation of the Chinese aviation industry, [[Air China]] absorbed Zhejiang Airlines and became its Hangzhou base.

==Fleet Data==
*4 - [[Airbus A319]]
*5 - [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]]
*3 - [[Bombardier Dash 8|Bombardier DHC-8-301]] 
*1 - [[Tupolev Tu-154|Tupolev Tu-154M]]
==Accidents and incidents==
On November 8, 1993, A [[Bombardier Dash 8]] with 54 passengers and 5 crew members were hijacked to [[Taiwan]], the hijacker sent a note to the [[flight attendants]] claiming he has a bomb and demanding to be flown to Taiwan, when it arrived in Taiwan, the hijacker surrender peacefully. The bomb the hijacker was talking about turned out to be two bars of soap wrapped around a newspaper with a wire.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|China|Companies|Aviation}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://zjair.com Zhejiang Airlines] (Archive)
*[https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Zhejiang-Airlines?show=all Zhejiang Airlines Former Fleet Detail]
*[http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=332 Code and Fleet Data]{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/f6.htm Timetable Images]
*[https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/4426 Incident Report]

{{Defunct airlines of China}}
{{Airlines of the People's Republic of China}}
{{Air China}}
{{Transport in China}}

[[Category:Defunct airlines of China]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2004]]
[[Category:Transport in Zhejiang]]
[[Category:History of Zhejiang]]
[[Category:Companies based in Hangzhou]]
[[Category:Air China]]
[[Category:Airlines of China]]


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