Huang Bingzhu, correspondent of China Civil Aviation Network, reported that at 2: 18 a.m. on February 16th, the flight Jining-Nanning GX8960 of Beibu Gulf Airlines, a subsidiary of HNA Airlines, successfully landed at Nanning Wuxu International Airport, which marked the successful conclusion of Spring Festival travel rush in 2023 and also opened the prelude to the 8th anniversary of the establishment of Beibu Gulf Airlines. In the first Spring Festival travel rush after the adjustment of the epidemic policy, Beibu Gulf Airlines, which has been sailing for eight years, achieved a remarkable "good start": in 2023, Spring Festival travel rush carried out more than 3,800 flights, a substantial increase of 50% over the same period in 2022; Passenger traffic was 410,000 passengers, up 70% year-on-year, and many core business indicators such as single-day total revenue, single-day profit, double-machine hourly revenue and single-machine revenue all exceeded historical records …
Looking back on February 16, 2015, a passenger plane wearing a big red GX logo took off from Nanning Wuxu International Airport, and the first local airline in Guangxi, Beibu Gulf Airlines, officially set sail. Since its establishment eight years ago, Beibu Gulf Airlines has made vigorous efforts, practiced the corporate culture of "Party building is the soul", adhered to the development orientation of "based on Guangxi, serving the whole country and facing ASEAN", and sounded the clarion call of the times for a new journey of endeavor.
"From scratch" —— Guangxi local aviation realizes leap-forward development
Before the establishment of Beibu Gulf Airlines, due to economic and historical reasons, Guangxi lacked backbone airlines with local bases for a long time, which made it difficult to meet the growing air travel needs of Guangxi people. With the China-ASEAN Expo permanently settled in Nanning, Beibu Gulf Airlines came into being in February 2015 with the strong support of the Party Committee, government and Civil Aviation Administration of the autonomous region, and quickly entered the fast lane of steady development.
Beibu Gulf Airlines A320 passenger plane
Beibu Gulf Airlines newly introduced A320 passenger plane arrived at Nanning Wuxu International Airport.
In the eight years since its launch, the size of Beibu Gulf aviation fleet has increased from three at the initial stage to 28, from E190 single aircraft at the initial stage to E190-A320 dual aircraft fleet, with a total of 273 operating routes and 97 navigable cities, with over 200,000 flights, nearly 400,000 hours of safe flight and over 20 million passengers safely transported. At the same time, Beibu Gulf Airlines has always adhered to the principle of "people first, life first", fully implemented the general requirements of "change, dry and practical", introduced and implemented a series of safety management reforms, and increased safety management. Up to now, Beibu Gulf Airlines has not experienced serious symptoms or above. It has achieved the annual safety management objectives of the Civil Aviation Administration for eight consecutive years, and successfully passed the global civil aviation safety industry standard-International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit Certification (IOSA). The safety performance of safe operation is at the forefront of the industry and HNA Aviation Group.
"Gorgeous Turn" —— Guangxi local airlines resume flights to ASEAN to open up markets
On February 6, 2023, the departure hall of Terminal 2 of Nanning Wuxu International Airport was very lively. Beibu Gulf Airlines and Nanning Airport held the departure ceremony of the first delegation of Nanning = Bangkok route resumption and Guangxi’s resumption of outbound tourism. 159 passengers took flight GX8907 to Bangkok, Thailand, marking the official resumption of the operation of ASEAN international routes by Guangxi local airlines. At the beginning of the company’s establishment, Beibu Gulf Airlines took "facing ASEAN" as one of its development orientations, and actively prepared for international routes while steadily building a domestic route network. Since 2018, it has successively opened a number of domestic routes to and from Southeast Asian countries, such as Nanning = Siem Reap, Nanning = Singapore, Nanning = Bangkok, Nanning = Hanoi, Lanzhou = Singapore and Luoyang = Hanoi, making full use of the network layout of nearly 100 domestic routes during the peak period of Beibu Gulf Airlines. In 2019, the passenger throughput of Nanning Airport’s Southeast Asia route rose to 925,000 passengers, and Beibu Gulf Airlines contributed nearly one-third of the passenger transportation share.
The resumption ceremony of Beibu Gulf Airlines Nanning = Bangkok international route
In 2023, with the successive adjustment of the national entry-exit policy and international passenger flight control measures, Beibu Gulf Airlines GX8907/8 Nanning = Bangkok flight resumed smoothly on February 6, and it is planned to be encrypted from 1 flight per week to 4 flights per week on March 1, and the Nanning = Singapore route will be resumed on March 7. In order to meet the travel needs of more passengers, Beibu Gulf Airlines also offers the lowest domestic transit price only in 100 yuan, which can transit to and from Southeast Asia from 23 cities including Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi ‘an and Jinan via Nanning.
"Transformation and rebirth" —— Guangxi local aviation management reform ushers in new opportunities for development
On December 8, 2021, Beibu Gulf Airlines officially joined Liaoning Fangda Group, integrating "party building as the soul" into the blood of enterprises, leading the development of enterprises with party building, continuously improving the decision-making power, innovation, productivity and cohesion of enterprises, taking party building as the "red engine" to drive the development of enterprises, managing enterprises with party building ideology, leading the development of enterprises with party building culture, and transforming the vitality of party building into the driving force for enterprise development. At the same time, Beibu Gulf Airlines accurately recognizes changes, scientifically adapts to changes, actively seeks changes, comprehensively introduces the advanced management experience of Liaoning Fangda Group to implement management changes, breaks the "wait, rely on, and want", practices "change, do, and be practical", implements an all-round "horse racing" mechanism, covering various professional lines such as safety, operation, service, and maintenance, and is performance-oriented and fully motivated.
Beibu Gulf Airlines appeared in the 2nd China-ASEAN Civil Aviation Cooperation Forum.
Beibu Gulf Airlines insists on intensive cultivation and strengthens the construction of route network system. While doing a good job in Nanning, it has set up overnight bases in Haikou, Changsha, Yichang and Yulin, and integrated the route network layout into the national strategies such as the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the new land and sea passage in the west and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and actively promoted the recovery and development of the civil aviation market. In 2022, Beibu Gulf Airlines opened an overnight base in Yichang and new destinations such as Jingzhou and Wuhu, and made great efforts to build Nanning = Chongqing and Nanning = Jinan boutique routes, constantly optimizing the route network resources. In the winter and spring season, 14 routes including Yichang = Huizhou and Yichang = Qingdao were opened and 13 destinations were opened, and the route network layout was continuously expanded.
"Sincere Service" —— Polishing Guangxi Local Aviation Service Brand
Beibu Gulf Airlines "Qingxiu crew" was established in 2017. "Qingxiu" originated from Qingxiu Mountain, a famous scenic spot in Nanning. It takes the meaning of "clear and different, beautiful and not vulgar" and places a good expectation of "evergreen all the year round, always enterprising". This is a team of cabin service pacesetters who have been selected through various levels. The team members stand out from hundreds of flight attendants and are committed to building the air business card of the first local airline in Guangxi. Since its establishment, the flight crew has participated in many important activities such as China-ASEAN Expo, China-ASEAN Civil Aviation Cooperation Forum and important flight guarantee such as charter flights of Guangxi anti-epidemic medical team, and has successively won the honorary titles of "Youth Civilization" in Nanning and the first "Youth Civilization of Central and South China Civil Aviation". In addition, the crew participated in the design and development of the dining car fixing belt in the cabin, which can quickly fix the dining car in the cabin during bumps. This product has obtained the national patent certificate and has been fully promoted and implemented in Beibu Gulf air flights.
Beibu Gulf Airlines launched the theme flight of "Orchard in the Air" to promote Guangxi fruits.
The Beibu Gulf air crew carefully arranged the cabin atmosphere.
According to the concept of "sincere service" of Civil Aviation Administration, Beibu Gulf Airlines is committed to providing passengers with a more convenient, comfortable, efficient and pleasant high-quality travel experience by improving staff service awareness and strengthening subtle service innovation. Thanks to the joint efforts of all staff, Beibu Gulf Airlines has successively won honorary awards such as "Advanced Collective of National Transportation System in Fighting COVID-19 Epidemic", "Outstanding Contribution Collective of guangxi traffic Transportation Industry" and "TOP10′ Best Employer in Nanning by Zhaopin" in recent years, and its sincere service has been widely recognized by all sectors of society.
Guangxi Aid Qiong Medical Team arrived in Nanning by Beibu Gulf Airlines flight.
Beibu Gulf Airlines "Qingxiu Crew"
Winging for eight years will help Bagui take off and work together to build a dream and create a better future. Beibu Gulf Airlines will practice the corporate values of "four advantages", strive to build a service benchmark for local aviation enterprises in Guangxi under the guidance of the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, actively seize new opportunities for civil aviation development in the new era, and make unremitting efforts for the magnificent construction of Guangxi in the new era and the high-quality development of civil aviation in Guangxi.
