Tianjin Airlines
| Tianjin Airlines 天津 航空 |
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| IATA code : | GS |
| ICAO code : | GCR |
| Call sign : | CHINA DRAGON |
| Founding: | 2004 |
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Tianjin , People's Republic of China
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| Turnstile : | |
| Home airport : | Tianjin Airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 826 |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Fortune Wings Club |
| Fleet size: | 95 (+ 5 orders) |
| Aims: | national |
| Website: | www.tianjin-air.com |
Tianjin Airlines ( Chinese 天津 航空 ) is a Chinese regional airline based in Tianjin and based at Tianjin Airport .
history
Grand China Express Air emerged from the merger of the regional fleets of the companies Hainan Airlines , China Xinhua Airlines , Chang An Airlines and Shanxi Airlines . In 2007, it received an operating license from the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Flight operations began in May 2007 with 29 Dornier 328-300s , which were taken over by Hainan Airlines. This made it the largest regional airline in China right from the start and in 2008 it operated 78 routes to 54 cities in China. On June 10, 2009, the airline was renamed by the HNA Group in Tianjin Airlines. As a result, the flight network was expanded to 450 routes to 90 cities by 2012. Tianjin Airlines is 80% owned by HNA Group and 20% owned by Hainan Airlines.
fleet
As of March 2020, the Tianjin Airlines fleet consists of 95 aircraft with an average age of 6.3 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 28 | 19 Sharklets equipped | |
| Airbus A320neo | 7th | 3 | two inactive |
| Airbus A321-200 | 2 | equipped with sharklets | |
| Airbus A330-200 | 4th | ||
| Airbus A330-300 | 2 | ||
| Airbus A350-900 | 2 | are leased | |
| Embraer 190 | 32 | ||
| Embraer 195 | 20th | ||
| total | 95 | 5 |
Incidents
- On June 29, 2012, six people attempted to kidnap an Embraer 190 ( registration number B-3171) en route from Hotan to Ürümqi . However, passengers and crew managed to overwhelm the hijackers. Two kidnappers later died from their injuries in hospital
See also
Web links
- Tianjin Airlines website (Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tianjin Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)