Chengdu Airlines

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(), a subsidiary of

Sichuan Airlines Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a Chinese airline based in Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and is the largest airline in western China, operating mainly scheduled domestic and international flights out o ...

, is an airline headquartered in

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. It operates a network of scheduled domestic passenger flights out of its hub at

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is one of two international airports serving Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, the other one being Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU), and a major air hub. Located about southwes ...

. Chengdu Airlines is also the first user of

ARJ21 The Comac ARJ21 Xiangfeng () is a 78–90 seat regional jet manufactured by the Chinese state-owned aerospace company Comac. Development of the ARJ21 (Advanced Regional Jet) began in March 2002, the first prototype was rolled out on 21 Decem ...

History

Originally named United Eagle Airlines CO., LTD (, also known as UEAir), the company was founded in 2004 by a former executive of

China Northwest Airlines China Northwest Airlines Co., Ltd. (中国西北航空公司) was an airline based in China, with its headquarters in Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China. It started operations in 1989. In 2002, the airline, along with China Yunnan Airlin ...

, with the necessary funding being provided by the Vickers Financial Group. It took delivery of its first airliner, an

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that previously had belonged to

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, on 8 July 2005 and on 27 July, revenue flights were commenced. Another similar aircraft type, the slightly smaller

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, was put in service with United Eagle Airlines on 2 December of that year. In March 2009,

invested 200 million

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(30 million

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) in United Eagle Airlines, thus holding 76 percent of the shares. In late 2009, these shares were sold to Chinese aircraft manufacturer

Comac , type = State-owned limited company , industry = Aviation , founded = , founder = , location_city = Pudong, Shanghai , location_country = China , area_served = Worldwide , products = Commercial airliners , services = , key_people ...

and to ''Chengdu Communications Investment Group''. Following this ownership change, United Eagle Airlines placed a firm order for 30

Comac ARJ21 The Comac ARJ21 Xiangfeng () is a 78–90 seat regional jet manufactured by the Chinese state-owned aerospace company Comac. Development of the ARJ21 (Advanced Regional Jet) began in March 2002, the first prototype was rolled out on 21 Decem ...

s, the first of which initially was planned to be delivered in late 2010. Since then, the Comac project has seen a series of delays, though. On 23 January 2010, the airline was renamed Chengdu Airlines.

Destinations

Fleet

Chengdu Airlines COMAC ARJ21-700 Xiangfeng

, the Chengdu Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

References

United Eagle Airlines information
AirportGuide.com

External links

Official website
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