HNA Group subsidiary, Tianjin Airlines, launched a new branch company in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 8, 2015.
Tianjin Airlines' Xinjiang Branch is the third branch company of the airline following its Northwest Branch and Inner Mongolia Branch.
The Tianjin-based carrier will continue to increase its transport capacity in the region according to Li Wenbin, Market Director of Tianjin Airlines. The airline plans to launch domestic trunk routes from Urumqi to Dunhuang, Xi'an and Shanghai and international routes connecting Urumqi with Japan in this year.