Spring Airlines
| Spring Airlines 春秋 航空公司 |
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| IATA code : | 9C |
| ICAO code : | CQH |
| Call sign : | AIR SPRING |
| Founding: | 2004 |
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Shanghai , People's Republic of China
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| Home airport : | Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| IATA prefix code : | 089 |
| Management: | Wang Zhenghua ( CEO ) |
| Sales: | ¥ 21.04 million (2008) |
| Passenger volume: | 2.9 million (2008) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | SpringPlus |
| Fleet size: | 96 (+ 44 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.ch.com |
Spring Airlines ( Chinese 春秋 航空公司 , Pinyin Chūnqīu Hángkōng Gōngsī - "Spring and Autumn Airline", short: 春 航 ) is a Chinese low-cost airline based in Shanghai and based at Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport . It is a subsidiary of the travel company Shanghai Spring International Travel Service .
history
Spring Airlines was founded as the country's first low-cost airline and received its operating license on May 26, 2004. In July 2005, it took delivery of its first Airbus A320-200 from Lotus Air . Flight operations began on July 18 with a flight from Shanghai to Yantai . At the same time, a flight to Guilin was added to the program. On April 1, 2009, the airline went public in Shanghai. The largest shareholder is Spring Airlines with 60%, followed by Shanghai Spring International Travel Service. Spring Airlines owns 33% of the Japanese Spring Airlines Japan , founded in 2013 , which owns a pure Boeing 737 fleet. This operates domestic flights within Japan and international flights to China .
Destinations
Spring Airlines serves destinations within the People's Republic of China , Japan, Korea and Thailand from its Chinese bases in Shanghai ( Shanghai-Pudong Airport and Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport ), Shenyang , Shenzhen , Shijiazhuang , Yangzhou Airport and the base in Kansai , Japan.
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As of April 2020, the Spring Airlines fleet consists of 96 aircraft with an average age of 5.3 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Average age |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 80 | 6.2 years | ||
| Airbus A320neo | 16 | 29 | 0.7 years | |
| Airbus A321neo | 15th | |||
| total | 96 | 44 | 5.3 years |
See also
Web links
- Spring Airlines website (Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ hktdc.com - Spring Airlines to expand fleet to 100 aircraft July 30, 2009
- ↑ centreforaviation.com - Spring Airlines Data Room
- ↑ ch.com - About us , accessed on July 7, 2017
- ^ Spring Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Spring Airlines orders 60 A320neos. In: flightglobal.com. December 3, 2015, accessed March 19, 2020 .