Lucky Air
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Founded | July 2004 (as Shilin Airlines) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 26 February 2006 | ||||||
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Website | www |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Xiángpéng Hángkōng Gōngsī |
Wade–Giles | Hsiang2-pʻêng2 Hang2-kʻung1 Kung1-ssŭ1 |
Lucky Air (
History
The airline was established in July 2004 as a start-up airline known as Shilin Airlines.
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
This 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
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
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7 | — | 8 | 150 | 158 | |
Airbus A320neo
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6 | — | — | 186 | 186 | |
Airbus A330-300
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4 | — | 24 | 279 | 303 | |
Boeing 737-700
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10 | — | 8 | 120 | 128 | |
— | 148 | 148 | ||||
Boeing 737-800
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20 | — | 8 | 156 | 164 | |
Boeing 737 MAX 8
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3 | 1[11] | 8 | 168 | 176 | |
Total | 50 | 1 |
References
- ^ "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
Media related to Lucky Air at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Chinese)