Who owns Hainan Airlines?
Hainan Airlines is owned by Hainan Airlines Holding (China, SSE: 600221).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd. 2025 Interim Report (Chinese). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Haikou
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China, Haikou
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- SSE: 600221 SSE: 900945
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Hainan Airlines
Hainan Airlines (海南航空) is the flagship airline of Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd., which is based at Hainan Airlines Building on Guoxing Avenue in Haikou. The company's 2025 annual report summary says Hainan Airlines won the Skytrax five-star airline rating for a 14th time and ranked tenth in the Skytrax world's best airlines list, and that the group operated nearly 1,700 routes in 2025, including more than 200 international and regional routes.
Ownership timeline of Hainan Airlines
- Current owner Hainan Airlines Holding [1] reported
Where Hainan Airlines sits in Hainan Airlines Holding
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Beibu Gulf Airlines (70%)
- Chang'an Airlines (70.5%)
- Fuzhou Airlines (65.22%)
- Hainan Airlines
- Lucky Air (90.75%)
- Urumqi Air (84.02%)
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Other brands owned by Hainan Airlines Holding
Hainan Airlines Holding controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; Hainan Airlines Holding has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Hainan Airlines Holding
Hainan Airlines Holding is a publicly listed company headquartered in Haikou, China. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as SSE: 600221 and SSE: 900945.
Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd. (海航控股) is based in Haikou and listed in Shanghai, with A shares under 600221 and B shares under 900945. Its 2025 annual report summary says the company runs 8 airlines across six regions of China and that its flagship, Hainan Airlines, has held Skytrax five-star status 14 times. Its 2025 interim report lists the subsidiary airlines below with their ownership percentages. The company's Chinese-language filings are the source, so English brand names are translations of the legal names; the unconsolidated sister carriers Tianjin Airlines, Capital Airlines, Western Airlines, Jinpeng Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines belong to the wider HNA group, not to this company, and are not listed here.
Hainan Airlines Holding: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇳 Hainan Airlines and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Hainan Airlines is not one of them.
- 7 Days — Jin Jiang Hotels 🇨🇳
- 9 Air — Juneyao Airlines 🇨🇳
- Air China — Air China 🇨🇳
- Air China Cargo — CNAHC 🇨🇳
- Beijing Capital International Airport — Beijing Capital International Airport Co. 🇨🇳
- Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway — Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hainan Airlines?
The parent company of Hainan Airlines is Hainan Airlines Holding, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Hainan Airlines Chinese?
Yes. Hainan Airlines originated in China and its owner, Hainan Airlines Holding, is also headquartered in China.
Is Hainan Airlines still owned by Hainan Airlines Holding?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Hainan Airlines is still owned by Hainan Airlines Holding. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd. 2025 Interim Report (Chinese) — Hainan Airlines Holding Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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