Lucky Air (Chinese: 祥鹏航空公司; pinyin: Xiángpéng Hángkōng Gōngsī) is a Chinese low-cost airline based in Kunming, Yunnan, China.[2][3] The airline started with flights connecting Kunming with Dali and Xishuangbanna, and later expanded to other domestic and international destinations. Its main base is Kunming Changshui International Airport.[4] The airline is one of the four founding members of the U-FLY Alliance.
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| Founded | July 2004 (as Shilin Airlines) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 26 February 2006 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Fortune Wings Club | ||||||
| Alliance | U-FLY Alliance | ||||||
| Fleet size | 50 | ||||||
| Destinations | 61[1] | ||||||
| Parent company | Hainan Airlines Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kunming, Yunnan, China | ||||||
| Key people | Ma Guohua (Chairman) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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| Chinese | 祥鹏航空公司 | ||||||||
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History
editThe airline was established in July 2004 as a start-up airline known as Shilin Airlines. Hainan Airlines had invested 2.93 million yuan in the company, while its affiliate Shanxi Airlines invested 47.07 million yuan. The airlines provided the new company with three Dornier aircraft, a Boeing aircraft, and a Dash-8. The Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation Co. also invested a further 1 million yuan.[5]
On 23 December 2005, Shilin Airlines was renamed Lucky Air. It started operations with a flight between Kunming and Dali within Yunnan on 26 February 2006.[citation needed]
The airline is owned by Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation. It has 263 employees (at March 2007).[4]
The airline is one of the four founding members of the U-FLY Alliance, which is the world's first alliance of low-cost carriers. It formed in January 2016 by HK Express, Lucky Air, Urumqi Air, and West Air. Lucky intended to deploy 787-9s to Europe and North America by the end of 2016.[6]
Destinations
editThis section needs additional citations for verification. (June 2019) |
Lucky Air has expanded its network rapidly. By now, it covers 51 domestic cities, 11 foreign cities and 2 regional cities.
Fleet
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As of February 2024[update], Lucky Air operates the following aircraft:[10]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 7 | — | 8 | 150 | 158 | |
| Airbus A320neo | 6 | — | — | 186 | 186 | |
| Airbus A330-300 | 4 | — | 24 | 279 | 303 | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 10 | — | 8 | 120 | 128 | |
| — | 148 | 148 | ||||
| Boeing 737-800 | 20 | — | 8 | 156 | 164 | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 3 | 1[11] | 8 | 168 | 176 | |
| Total | 50 | 1 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Lucky Air (China) on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "联系我们 Archived 25 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Lucky Air. Retrieved on 26 August 2012. "云南省昆明市春城路296号祥鹏航空大厦"
- ^ "KunMin Office." [sic] Hainan Airlines. 10 November 2007. "#204 Chuncheng Road, Kunming (left to the Honghe Hotel)"
- ^ a b "World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 107.
- ^ People's Daily 29 July 2004
- ^ "Lucky Air to be China's first long haul LCC, to Europe/N America in 2016; China international up 29%". Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Lucky Air launches flight to Sihanoukville on 11 June 2019".
- ^ Liu, Jim (26 April 2019). "Lucky Air plans Kunming – St. Petersburg service from June 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Lucky Air resumes Jeju service from May 2019".
- ^ "Lucky Air Fleet". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 14 December 2022.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "China's Lucky Air to add four B737 MAX 8s". Retrieved 8 September 2018.
External links
editMedia related to Lucky Air at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Chinese)