Sichuan Airlines
Sichuan Airlines is the largest airline in Western China, headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The airline is based in Chengdu, operating mainly scheduled domestic and international flights out of Chengdu Shuangliu Airport, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and Kunming Changshui International Airport. Sichuan Airlines is also the first airline in mainland China to operate the Airbus A320 and among the first batch of airlines in mainland China to operate the Airbus A350.
Key facts
History
Sichuan Airlines was established on 19 September 1986 as Sichuan Airlines Company, operating its first flight on 14 July 1988 between Chengdu and Wanzhou.
The airline was later restructured as Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. on 29 August 2002, in which the Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. Group became the largest shareholder (40%). The other shareholders are China Southern Airlines (39%), China Eastern Airlines (10%), Air China Group (10%) and Chengdu Gingko Restaurant Co. (1%).
In 2018, the airline was the 42nd largest airline group in the world ranked by traffic.
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.
Other airports in its network
Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.
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BibTeX
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