Shenzhen Airlines
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| Shenzhen Airlines 深圳航空公司 |
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| IATA ZH |
ICAO CSZ |
Callsign SHENZHEN AIR |
| Founded | 1992 | |
| Hubs | Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Nanning Wuxu International Airport Wuxi Airport |
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| Focus cities | Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Shenyang Taoxian International Airport Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport |
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| Fleet size | 44 | |
| Destinations | 55 | |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | |
| Key people | Li Kun(President) | |
| Website: http://www.shenzhenair.com | ||
Shenzhen Airlines is a domestic budget airline based in Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in October 1992 and started operations on 13 September 1993. It was formed by the CAAC and Shenzhen government, with financial participation by Air China, Overseas Chinese City Economic Development Corporation, Bank of China and Shenzhen South Tongfa Industrial Corporation. It is one of the most profitable airlines in China. It is currently owned by Guangdong Development Bank (65%), CNAC (Air China) (25%) and Shenzhen Investment Management (10%).
In 2004 it founded, with German partners Lufthansa Cargo and DEG, the international cargo airline Jade Cargo International which will start operations in September 2005. Shenzhen Airlines owns a 51% stake in the cargo airline.
On 10 June 2005 Boeing handed over the first Boeing 737-900 to Shenzhen Airlines in Seattle. It was the first of five to be delivered during 2005 for operation on domestic and regional routes. Shenzhen is the first Chinese airline to order the Boeing 737-900 and this is the airline's first direct delivery from Boeing.
[edit] Destinations
Shenzhen Airlines operates the following services (at March 2007): Shenzhen Airlines destinations
[edit] Fleet
The Shenzhen Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):
- 5 Airbus A319-100
- 4 Airbus A320-200 (plus 2 on order)
- 9 Boeing 737-300
- 10 Boeing 737-700
- 11 Boeing 737-800 (plus 1 on order)
- 5 Boeing 737-900
Total: 44 (plus 3 on order)
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