Airline-dle

Puzzle #97 was Xiamen Airlines.

Xiamen Airlines, branded as XiamenAir, is an airline based in Xiamen, Fujian, China. XiamenAir has its northern headquarters in Beijing and eight branches in Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Hunan, Beijing, Quanzhou, Chongqing and Shanghai, and two subsidiaries in Hebei Airlines and Jiangxi Airlines. Founded on 25 July 1984, XiamenAir is the first airline in China to operate independently as an enterprise.

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What the record says

Puzzle 97 ran on 16 Oct 2026 and the answer was Xiamen Airlines, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - China; Region - Asia; Status - active; Alliance - SkyTeam. The numbers: Founded - 1980.

Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - XIAMEN AIR; Codes - MF / CXA.

Airline-dle builds its record from OpenFlights - Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and Wikidata - CC0 1.0 (region, founding decade, alliance, hub, headquarters). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.

How it scored

Country
China
Region
Asia
Status
active
Founded
1980
Alliance
SkyTeam

Also on the record

Callsign
XIAMEN AIR
Codes
MF / CXA

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