Shandong Airlines

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Shandong Airlines
IATA SC	ICAO CDG	Callsign SHANDONG
Founded		1994
Hubs		Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport
Focus cities		Qingdao Yantai
Fleet size		31
Destinations		46
Headquarters		Jinan, People's Republic of China
Key people
Website: http://www.shandongair.com

Shandong Airlines is an airline based in Jinan, People's Republic of China. It is a provincial carrier operating mainly domestic trunk routes and secondary schedules from Jinan, Qingdao and Yantai to major cities in China.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Fleet 4 See Also 5 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established in March 1994 and started operations in September 1994. In September 1997 it jointly founded the Xinxing (New Star) Aviation Alliance along with five of China's provincial airlines. It is owned by Air China and has a 10% stake in Sichuan Airlines.

[edit] Services

Shandong Airlines operates the following services (at January 2007):

• Domestic scheduled services: Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Golmud, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Heihe, Hong Kong, Jiayuguan, Jinan, Juzhou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Linyi, Liuzhou, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Xiamen, Xining, Yantai and Yinchuan.
• International scheduled destinations: Busan, Seoul.
• Discontinued its services to: Singapore.

[edit] Fleet

The Shandong Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (in March 2007) :

• 13 Boeing 737-300
• 3 Boeing 737-700
• 4 Boeing 737-800 (plus 6 on order)
• 8 Bombardier CRJ-200LR
• 3 Bombardier CRJ-700ER

Shandong Airlines average fleet age is 6.2 years old in March 2007.

[edit] See Also

• Air China

[edit] External links

• Shandong Airlines
• Shandong Airlines Fleet Details
• Shandong Airlines Fleet Age