Ruili Airlines
Sunan Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd., branded as Ruili Airlines is a Chinese low-cost carrier headquartered at Wuxi Shuofang Airport, with hubs at Kunming Changshui International Airport and focus city in Dehong Mangshi International Airport. It provides both domestic and international services to destinations within China and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Key facts
History
The airline was established in 2014 as Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd. and is wholly owned by the Jingcheng Group. It received its air operator's certificate on 22 January 2014 and flew its first service on 18 May 2014, between Kunming and Mangshi. Five Boeing 787-9s were ordered in 2016, but as of 2025, none had been delivered.
On 15 January 2021, Ruili Airlines completed the industrial and commercial change registration. Wuxi Traffic Group became the new controlling shareholder of Ruili Airlines with a shareholding ratio of 57%. The holding ratio of Jingcheng Group decreased to 13%, and the remaining 30% of the equity was held by Dong Lecheng, president of Jingcheng Group and chairman of Ruili Airlines.
On 28 March 2021, Ruili Airlines announced that the acquisition process was completed, and for the first time, it was officially announced that it was a holding subsidiary of Wuxi Transportation Industry Group.
On 18 October 2021, the airlines officially changed its registered name from Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd. to Sunan Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd.
Its airports
Its main hubs
Airports that list it on their own website
These airports include this airline in the carrier list on their official website.
Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.
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BibTeX
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