Lucky Air
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| Lucky Air 祥鹏航空公司 |
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| IATA 8L |
ICAO LKE |
Callsign LUCKY AIR |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Hubs | Dali Airport | |
| Fleet size | 3 | |
| Destinations | 14 | |
| Parent company | Hainan Airlines Group | |
| Headquarters | Kunming, Yunnan, China | |
| Key people | Ma Guohua (Chairman) | |
| Website: http://www.luckyair.net/ | ||
Lucky Air (Chinese: 祥鹏航空公司; Pinyin: Xiángpéng Hángkōng Gōngsī) is an airline based in Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China. It operates scheduled services from Dali to Kunming and Xishuangbanna, and plans to expand to other areas of China. Its main base is Dali Airport.[1]
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[edit] History
The airline was established in July 2004 as a start-up airline known as Shilin Airlines.[citation needed]
In July 2004 it was reported that Hainan Airlines was investing 2.93 million yuan and providing three Dornier aircraft to the new company. An affiliate of Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines, was investing 47.07 million yuan and providing a Boeing and a de Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation Co. would invest 1 million yuan. [2]
On December 23, 2005, Shilin Airlines changed name to Lucky Air. It started operations with a flight between Kunming and Dali within Yunnan on February 26, 2006.[citation needed]
The airline is owned by Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation. It has 263 employees (at March 2007).[1]
[edit] Fleet
The Lucky Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)[1] :
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 107.
- ^ People's Daily 29 July 2004
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