Chengdu Airlines
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| Founded | 2004 (as United Eagle Airlines) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2005 | ||||||
| Hubs | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport[1] | ||||||
| Fleet size | 40 | ||||||
| Destinations | 27 | ||||||
| Parent company | Sichuan Airlines | ||||||
| Headquarters | Chengdu, China | ||||||
| Website | chengduair.cc | ||||||
Chengdu Airlines Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 成都航空公司; pinyin: Chéngdū Hángkōng gōngsī), a subsidiary of Sichuan Airlines, is an airline headquartered in Chengdu, China. It operates a network of scheduled domestic passenger flights out of its hub at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
History
Originally named United Eagle Airlines CO.，LTD (simplified Chinese: 鹰联航空公司; traditional Chinese: 鷹聯航空公司; pinyin: Yīnglián Hángkōnggōngsī, also known as UEAir), the company was founded in 2004 by a former executive of China Northwest Airlines, with the necessary funding being provided by the Vickers Venture.[2] It took delivery of its first airliner, an Airbus A320 that previously had belonged to Air Jamaica, on 8 July 2005[3] and on 27 July, revenue flights were commenced.[2] Another similar aircraft type, the slightly smaller Airbus A319, was put in service with United Eagle Airlines on 2 December of that year.[3]
In March 2009, Sichuan Airlines invested 200 million RMB (30 million USD) in United Eagle Airlines, thus holding 76 percent of the shares.[2] In late 2009, these shares were sold to Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac and to Chengdu Communications Investment Group. Following this ownership change, United Eagle Airlines placed a firm order for 30 Comac ARJ21s, the first of which initially was planned to be delivered in late 2010.[4] Since then, the Comac project has seen a series of delays, though.
On 23 January 2010, the airline was renamed Chengdu Airlines.[2][4]
Destinations
According to the July 2018 timetable,[5] Chengdu Airlines operates scheduled flights to the following destinations.
Fleet
The Chengdu Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2018):[6][7]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A319-100 | 4 | — | 12 | 108 | 120 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 30 | — | 12 | 138 | 150 | |
| Comac ARJ21-700 | 6[8][9] | 24 | — | 90 | 90[10] | Launch customer |
| Total | 40 | 24 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Hainan Airlines set to establish Chengdu base". ch-aviation. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- 1 2 "United Eagle Airlines fleet details". Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- 1 2 "China's United Eagle renamed Chengdu Airlines". Flightglobal. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ "July 2018 timetable" (in Chinese). Chengdu Airlines. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 11.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ "Chengdu Airlines Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ↑ "首架国产ARJ21客机今"嫁"到成都，明年一季度商运首航".
- ↑ "China's COMAC delivers first ARJ21 jet plane to domestic airline". Reuters. Nov 28, 2015.
- ↑
- ↑ United Eagle Airlines information, AirportGuide.com
External links
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- Official website (in Chinese)
