Air Changan (9H, Xi'an Xianyang) has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to expand its operations to encompass the entire Chinese domestic market.

Under its current permit, Air Changan can offer cargo and passenger services within and from Shaanxi Province. The new permit, which is under public review, would allow it to serve the whole Chinese market without restriction on origin.

Based in Xi'an Xianyang, Air Changan currently serves twenty destinations on twenty-six routes with a fleet of three B737-800s. The budget carrier has been operating independently since May 2016 and is majority controlled by HNA Group, which in mainland China by now also holds major stakes in eleven other airlines: Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou), Tianjin Airlines (GS, Tianjin), Capital Airlines (China) (JD, Beijing Daxing International), West Air (China) (PN, Chongqing), Lucky Air (China) (8L, Dali City), Air Guilin (GT, Guilin), Fuzhou Airlines (FU, Fuzhou), Grand China Air (CN, Haikou), GX Airlines (GX, Nanning), Urumqi Air (UQ, Urumqi) and Yangtze River Airlines (Shanghai Hongqiao).

According to The World Bank, annual domestic passenger numbers have almost doubled in China since 2009.