Shandong Airlines
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| Founded | 1994 | |||
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| Hubs | Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport | |||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Phoenix Miles | |||
| Fleet size | 84 | |||
| Destinations | 60+ | |||
| Headquarters | Jinan, Shandong, China | |||
| Key people | Sun Yude (President) | |||
| Website | shandongair.com.cn | |||
Shandong Airlines Co,.Ltd. (Chinese: 山东航空; pinyin: Shāndōng Háng Kōng, nicknamed SDA or 山航 Shānháng) is an airline based in the Shandong Airlines Center (山东航空大厦 Shāndōng Hángkōng Dàshà) in Jinan, Shandong, China.[1][2] The Chinese carrier operates mainly domestic trunk routes from Jinan, Qingdao and Yantai to major cities in China. It is owned by Air China and holds a 10 percent stake in Sichuan Airlines.
Shandong Airlines was established on 12 March 1994 and started operations in September of the same year. In September 1997, it jointly founded the Xinxing Aviation Alliance along with five of China's provincial airlines.
21 April 2014,Shandong Airlines commitment to order 50 Boeing 737s, including 16 Next-Generation 737s and 34 737 MAXs,the order still needs to be approved by the Chinese government and will receive the aircraft in batches between 2016 and 2020.[3][4]
Shandong Airlines Boeing 737-800
Destinations
Shandong Airlines operates to the following destinations (as of January 2013):
- Anhui
- Beijing
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Chongqing
- Fujian
- Gansu
- Lanzhou - Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport
- Guizhou
- Hainan
- Heilongjiang
- Henan
- Hunan
- Inner Mongolia
- Dongsheng - Ordos Ejin Horo Airport
- Hohhot - Hohhot Baita International Airport
- Jiangsu
- Jiangxi
- Jilin
- Liaoning
- Ningxia
- Yinchuan - Yinchuan Hedong Airport
- Qinghai
- Shandong
- Shanxi
- Shanghai
- Shaanxi
- Sichuan
- Tianjin
- Xinjiang
- Kashgar - Kashgar Airport
- Urumqi - Urumqi Diwopu International Airport
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang
Cambodia
Indonesia
- Batam - Hang Nadim International Airport
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
- Taipei - Taipei Taoyuan International Airport
- Hualien - Hualien Airport
Thailand
Moreover,the airline is planning to launch services to Delhi in 2015 from Jinan city via Kunming.[5]
Fleet
A Shandong Airlines Boeing 737-300 taxiing at Incheon International Airport
As of April 2015, the Shandong Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 5.5 years:[6]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers |
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| Total | 84 | 45 |
References
- ↑ "About SDA." Shandong Airlines. Retrieved on December 19, 2011. "Address: Shandong Airlines Centre, 5746 – East 2nd Ring Road, Jinan, Shandong, PR China."
- ↑ "山航简介." Shandong Airlines. Retrieved on December 19, 2011. "地址：济南市二环东路5746号山东航空大厦"
- ↑ "Shandong Airlines Commitment to Purchase 50 Boeing737s (737-800/737MAX)（04/23/2014）". Shandong Weekly.
- ↑ "Boeing Statement on Shandong Airlines Commitment to Purchase 50 737s". The Boeing Company.
- ↑ http://www.traveldailymedia.com/219565/new-air-link-connects-india-with-provincial-china/
- ↑ 18 February 2014. "Shandong Airlines Fleet in Planespotters.net". planespotters.net. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ↑ "ARJ21 Regional Jet Aircraft, China". aerospace-technology.com. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ↑ "COMAC ARJ21 Production List". abcdlist.nl. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
External links
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- (English) Official website
- (Chinese) Official website
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