Lucky Air (Chinese: 祥鹏航空公司; pinyin: Xiángpéng Hángkōng Gōngsī) is an airline based in the Xiángpéng Hángkōng Dàshà (S: 祥鹏航空大厦, T: 祥鵬航空大廈) in Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China, near the Honghe Hotel.[1][2] It operates scheduled services from Dali to Kunming and Xishuangbanna, and plans to expand to other areas of China. Its main base is Kunming Changshui International Airport.[3]
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.[4]
On 23 December 2005, Shilin Airlines changed name to Lucky Air. It started operations with a flight between Kunming and Dali within Yunnan on 26 February 2006.[citation needed]
The airline is owned by Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation. It has 263 employees (at March 2007).[3]
Fleet
Lucky Air
The Lucky Air fleet includes the following aircraft as of 4 July 2013:[5]
Lucky Air fleet
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Total |
Orders |
Passengers[6] |
Notes |
| C |
Y |
Total |
| Airbus A319-100 |
3 |
— |
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| Airbus A320-200 |
3 |
— |
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| Boeing 737-700 |
8 |
— |
0 |
148 |
148 |
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| Boeing 737-800 |
4 |
— |
8 |
156 |
164 |
|
| Total |
18 |
0 |
|
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