Lucky Air

Lucky Air (Chinese: 祥鹏航空公司; pinyin: Xiángpéng Hángkōng Gōngsī) is a low cost carrier based in Kunming, Yunnan, China.[1][2] The airline started with flights between Dali and Kunming and Xishuangbanna and Kunming, and expanded soon to other areas of China and added international routes as well. Its base is Kunming Changshui International Airport.[3] The airline is one of the four founding members of the U-FLY Alliance.

Lucky Air
祥鹏航空公司
IATA ICAO Callsign
8L LKE LUCKY AIR
FoundedJuly 2004
HubsKunming Changshui International Airport
Secondary hubsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Frequent-flyer programFortune Wings Club
AllianceU-FLY Alliance
Fleet size53
Destinations62
Parent companyHainan Airlines Group
HeadquartersKunming, Yunnan, China
Key peopleMa Guohua (Chairman)
Websitehttp://www.luckyair.net/
Lucky Air
Chinese祥鹏航空公司

History

The airline was established in July 2004 as a start-up airline known as Shilin Airlines.

In July 2004 it was reported that Hainan Airlines was investing 2.93 million yuan and providing three Dornier aircraft to the new company. An affiliate of Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines, was investing 47.07 million yuan and providing a Boeing and a de Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation Co. would invest 1 million yuan.[4]

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.

The airline is owned by Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation. It has 263 employees (at March 2007).[3]

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 intends to deploy 787-9s to Europe and North America by the end of 2016.[5]

Destinations

Lucky Air has expanded its network rapidly. By now, it covers 51 domestic cities, 11 foreign cities and 2 regional cities.

Country City Airport Notes Refs
 Brunei DarussalamBandar Seri BegawanBrunei International Airport
 CambodiaSihanoukvilleSihanouk International AirportTerminated[6]
 ChinaAnqingAnqing Tianzhushan Airport
BaoshanBaoshan Yunrui Airport
BaotouBaotou Airport
BeijingBeijing Capital International Airport
CangyuanCangyuan Washan Airport
ChengduChengdu Shuangliu International AirportHub
ChongqingChongqing Jiangbei International Airport
DaliDali Airport
DalianDalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
DatongDatong Yungang Airport
DiqingDiqing Shangri-La Airport
FuzhouFuzhou Changle International Airport
GanzhouGanzhou Huangjin Airport
GuangzhouGuangzhou Baiyun International Airport
GuilinGuilin Liangjiang International Airport
GuiyangGuiyang Longdongbao International Airport
HaikouHaikou Meilan International Airport
HangzhouHangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
HarbinHarbin Taiping International Airport
HefeiHefei Xinqiao International Airport
HohhotHohhot Baita International Airport
Huai'anHuai'an Lianshui Airport
JieyangJieyang Chaoshan International Airport
JinanJinan Yaoqiang International Airport
JinzhouJinzhou Bay Airport
KunmingKunming Changshui International AirportHub
Kunming Wujiaba International AirportAirport Closed
LancangLancang Jingmai Airport
LanzhouLanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
LijiangLijiang Sanyi International AirportHub
LongyanLongyan Guanzhishan Airport
LuzhouLuzhou Lantian Airport
MangshiDehong Mangshi Airport
MianyangMianyang Nanjiao AirportHub
NanchangNanchang Changbei International Airport
NanjingNanjing Lukou International Airport
NanningNanning Wuxu International Airport
NingboNingbo Lishe International Airport
NinglangNinglang Luguhu Airport
Pu'erPu'er Simao Airport
QingdaoQingdao Liuting International Airport
SanyaSanya Phoenix International Airport
ShanghaiShanghai Hongqiao International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
ShenzhenShenzhen Bao'an International Airport
ShijiazhuangShijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport
TaiyuanTaiyuan Wusu International Airport
TengchongTengchong Tuofeng Airport
TianjinTianjin Binhai International Airport
UrumqiÜrümqi Diwopu International Airport
WenzhouWenzhou Longwan International Airport
WuhanWuhan Tianhe International Airport
XiamenXiamen Gaoqi International Airport
Xi'anXi'an Xianyang International Airport
XishuangbannaXishuangbanna Gasa International Airport
XuzhouXuzhou Guanyin International Airport
YichangYichang Sanxia Airport
YichunYichun Mingyueshan Airport
ZhengzhouZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportHub
ZhuhaiZhuhai Jinwan Airport
 IndonesiaDenpasarNgurah Rai International AirportTerminated
 JapanOsakaKansai International AirportTerminated
 MalaysiaKota KinabaluKota Kinabalu International AirportTerminated
Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur International Airport
PenangPenang International Airport
 PhilippinesCebuMactan–Cebu International Airport
ManilaNinoy Aquino International AirportTerminated
 RussiaMoscowDomodedovo International AirportTerminated
Sheremetyevo International AirportTerminated
Saint PetersburgPulkovo Airport[7]
 South KoreaJejuJeju International Airport[8]
 TaiwanTaipeiTaoyuan International AirportTerminated
 ThailandBangkokSuvarnabhumi Airport
Chiang MaiChiang Mai International Airport
Koh SamuiSamui AirportTerminated
KrabiKrabi International AirportTerminated
PhuketPhuket International Airport
 VietnamNha TrangCam Ranh International Airport
Phu QuocPhu Quoc International Airport

Fleet

Airbus A319 of Lucky Air at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
Lucky Air Boeing 737-800 with its new livery taxing in Kunming Changshui International Airport

As of October 2020, Lucky Air fleet includes the following aircraft:[9]

Lucky Air fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A319-100 1 8 120 128
Airbus A320-200 7 8 150 158
Airbus A320neo 6 0 186 186
Airbus A330-300 5 32 260 292 2 to be sourced from Hainan Airlines.[10]
24 279 303
Boeing 737-700 10 8 120 128
148 148
Boeing 737-800 21 8 156 164
Boeing 737 MAX 8 3 1[11] 8 168 176 Grounded and delivery are suspended until further notice due to crash of ET302.
Total 53 1

References

  1. "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"
  2. "KunMin Office." [sic] Hainan Airlines. 10 November 2007. "#204 Chuncheng Road, Kunming (left to the Honghe Hotel)"
  3. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 107.
  4. People's Daily 29 July 2004
  5. "Lucky Air to be China's first long haul LCC, to Europe/N America in 2016; China international up 29%". Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. "Lucky Air launches flight to Sihanoukville on 11 June 2019".
  7. Liu, Jim (26 April 2019). "Lucky Air plans Kunming – St. Petersburg service from June 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. "Lucky Air resumes Jeju service from May 2019".
  9. "Lucky Air Fleet". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. "PICTURE: Lucky Air receives first widebody in long-haul push". 13 March 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  11. "China's Lucky Air to add four B737 MAX 8s". Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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