Sichuan Airlines

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Sichuan Airlines
四川 航空
Sichuan Airlines logo
Shandong Airlines Airbus A330-300
IATA code : 3U
ICAO code : CSC
Call sign : SECURITY
Founding: 1986
Seat: Chengdu , People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Turnstile :
Home airport : Chengdu Shuangliu
Company form: Limited
IATA prefix code : 876
Management: Lan Xinguo
Alliance : Xinxing
Frequent Flyer Program : Golden panda
Fleet size: 161 (+ 24 orders)
Aims: National and international
Website: www.scal.com.cn

Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. ( Chinese 四川 航空 ) is a Chinese airline based in Chengdu and based at Chengdu-Shuangliu Airport .

history

Sichuan Airlines was founded on September 19, 1986 after the Sichuan provincial government saw the need for its own airline. It began flight operations on July 14, 1988 with a Yunshuji Y-7 on a route between Chengdu and Wanzhou (formerly Wanxian). In the following year, more Yunshuji Y-7s were procured, and since the 1991 winter flight plan, a route to Beijing has also been served with a Tupolev Tu-154M . The airline's growth made it necessary to purchase more aircraft, after leasing three Airbus A320s , the fleet was almost completely converted to Airbus over time.

The Xinxing Alliance was founded at the end of 1997 together with the airlines Grand China Air , Shandong Airlines , Shenzhen Airlines , Wuhan Airlines and Zhongyuan Airlines . In 1998 and 1999 further Airbus A320 and A321 were purchased.

In August 2002 the company was reorganized, the new main owner with 40% became the Sichuan Airlines Group , owned by the provincial government. The other owners are China Southern Airlines with 39%, Shandong Airlines and Shanghai Airlines with 10% each and Ginkgo Restaurant with 1%.

In June 2010, Sichuan Airlines increased its stake in Northeast Airlines from 33.5% to 97% and thus took control. Since then it has operated as Hebei Airlines .

Destinations

From its aviation hubs, Sichuan Airlines serves destinations in the People's Republic of China as well as destinations in the whole of Asia , Australia, Europe and North America. It also has a codeshare agreement with KLM on the Amsterdam - Chengdu route, which is operated exclusively by KLM. In German-speaking countries, Zurich has been served since March 26, 2018.

fleet

Sichuan Airlines Airbus A320-200
Airbus A350-900 of Sichuan Airlines

As of April 2020, the Sichuan Airlines fleet consists of 161 aircraft with an average age of 6.2 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats Average age

(April 2020)

Airbus A319-100 23 3 with Sharklets equipped 132 10.7 years
Airbus A320-200 53 32 equipped with sharklets 150 7.0 years
Airbus A320neo 7th 158 2.0 years
Airbus A321-200 43 29 equipped with sharklets 194 5.6 years
Airbus A321neo 15th - open - 1.3 years
Airbus A330-200 9 245

274

6.9 years
Airbus A330-300 7th 301 4.5 years
Airbus A350-900 4th 10 331 2.6 years
Comac C919 20th - open -
Xi'an MA60 4th - open -
total 161 24 6.2 years

See also

Web links

Commons : Sichuan Airlines  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ atwonline.com - Sichuan Airlines expected to take control of Dongbei Air , accessed on December 4, 2015
  2. ↑ China Daily - Sichuan Airlines takes over struggling flier, June 11, 2010 , accessed December 4, 2015
  3. ↑ ch-aviation.ch - News , accessed on June 11, 2006
  4. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/276921/sichuan-airlines-files-zurich-launch-in-late-march-2018/
  5. ↑ a b Sichuan Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 24, 2020, accessed on April 24, 2020 .
  6. ↑ austrianwings.info - Sichuan Airlines orders 20 COMAC C919s, October 25, 2011
  7. ↑ aerotransport.org - Sichuan Airlines (English), accessed on August 5, 2013
  8. ↑ Airbus - Orders & deliveries , accessed on April 24, 2020
  9. ↑ A350 twin pack for Air China and Sichuan Airlines. August 10, 2018, accessed April 24, 2020 .