Colorful Guizhou Airlines is a low-cost Chinese

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

with its headquarters in

Guiyang Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...

Guizhou Guizhou (; Postal romanization, formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in the Southwest China, southwest region of the China, People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the pr ...

, and with its fleet based at

Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport is an airport serving Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province. Guiyang Longdongbao Airport was opened on 28 May 1997 and adopted its current name on 19 January 2006. It is located southeast from Guiy ...

. It is intended to improve air service in

Western China Western China (, or rarely ) is the west of China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers one municipality ( Chongqing), six provinces (Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai), and three autonomou ...

, particularly Guizhou Province. It is the first locally-owned airline in the province."Embraer Inks Agreement with China's Colorful Guizhou Airlines for up to 17 E190s"
(Press release). Paris: Embraer. PR Newswire. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016. The airline commenced flights in December 2015, operating

Embraer 190 The Embraer E-Jet family is a series of four-abreast narrow-body short- to medium-range twin-engine jet airliners designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. The E-Jet was designed as a complement to the preceding ...

s to destinations throughout the country.

History

On 18 May 2015, the

Civil Aviation Administration of China The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the Chinese civil aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the aviation authority responsible f ...

(CAAC) granted Guizhou Industrial Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. and Weining County Construction Investment Group preliminary approval to jointly establish ''Duocai Guizhou Airlines''. The airline was officially established as ''Colorful Guizhou Airlines'' on 19 June 2015.Ge, Lena (4 January 2016)
"China's Colorful Guizhou Airlines Starts Operations"
'' China Aviation Daily''. Retrieved 15 January 2016. The name "Colorful Guizhou" comes from a marketing campaign by the provincial government; it signifies the cultural diversity within Guizhou Province."Colorful Guizhou Airlines is Embraer’s 5th E-Jet Customer in China"
. ''Embraer''. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016. On 15 June 2015, the airline placed an order for 17

aircraft, 7 of which were firm orders and the other 10 options. If all options are exercised, the transaction will be valued at US$834 million. Colorful Guizhou Airlines hopes to expand its fleet to 30 aircraft by 2020 and 120–140 aircraft in the future."China's Colorful Guizhou Airlines orders 7+10 EMB-190s"
''Ch-aviation''. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016. On 5 December 2015, the airline received its first Embraer 190, followed by a second aircraft on 18 December.Fei, Yu (18 December 2015)

''China Aviation Daily''. Retrieved 15 January 2016. It filed an application for an

air operator's certificate An air operator's certificate (AOC) is the approval granted by a civil aviation authority (CAA) to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets, and system in plac ...

from the CAAC on 15 December. On 31 December 2015, Colorful Guizhou Airlines commenced operations with a flight from its hub

Bijie Bijie () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west. The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacit ...

. It plans to add flights to

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese provin ...

and

Tongren Tongren () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, located within a tobacco planting and crop agricultural area. Tongren was known as Tongren Prefecture () until November 2011, when it was converted into ...

. On 24 October 2019, Colorful Guizhou Airlines received its first Airbus

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which by March of 2020 overall would become a firm 2 Airbus A320neo's in its official fleet.

Corporate affairs

Colorful Guizhou Airlines is a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...

between Guizhou Industrial Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. (95%), and Weining County Construction Investment Group (5%). The groups invested a total of RMB 1 billion in the airline. The chairman of the airline is Zhai Yan, who is also chairman of Guizhou Industrial Investment Group.

Destinations

Colorful Guizhou Airlines flies to the following destinations in China as of August 2017:

Fleet

, the Colorful Guizhou Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

References

External links

* {{Airlines of the People's Republic of China Airlines established in 2015 Transport in Guizhou Companies based in Guizhou Chinese companies established in 2015 Low-cost carriers