Sichuan Airlines
Sichuan Airlines 四川 航空 |
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IATA code : | 3U |
ICAO code : | CSC |
Call sign : | SECURITY |
Founding: | 1986 |
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Chengdu , People's Republic of China![]() |
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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
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
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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
- Sichuan Airlines website (Chinese, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ atwonline.com - Sichuan Airlines expected to take control of Dongbei Air , accessed on December 4, 2015
- ↑ China Daily - Sichuan Airlines takes over struggling flier, June 11, 2010 , accessed December 4, 2015
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - News , accessed on June 11, 2006
- ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/276921/sichuan-airlines-files-zurich-launch-in-late-march-2018/
- ↑ a b Sichuan Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 24, 2020, accessed on April 24, 2020 .
- ↑ austrianwings.info - Sichuan Airlines orders 20 COMAC C919s, October 25, 2011
- ↑ aerotransport.org - Sichuan Airlines (English), accessed on August 5, 2013
- ↑ Airbus - Orders & deliveries , accessed on April 24, 2020
- ↑ A350 twin pack for Air China and Sichuan Airlines. August 10, 2018, accessed April 24, 2020 .