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.
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| Founded | July 2004 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Kunming Changshui International Airport | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Fortune Wings Club | ||||||
| Alliance | U-FLY Alliance | ||||||
| Fleet size | 53 | ||||||
| Destinations | 62 | ||||||
| Parent company | Hainan Airlines Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kunming, Yunnan, China | ||||||
| Key people | Ma Guohua (Chairman) | ||||||
| Website | http://www.luckyair.net/ | ||||||
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| Chinese | 祥鹏航空公司 | ||||||
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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.
Fleet
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As of October 2020, Lucky Air fleet includes the following aircraft:[9]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| 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
- "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)"
- "Directory: 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 21 May 2018.
- "PICTURE: Lucky Air receives first widebody in long-haul push". 13 March 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- "China's Lucky Air to add four B737 MAX 8s". Retrieved 8 September 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Chinese)
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