City Airways

City Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
E8 GTA CITY AIRWAYS
Founded 2011 (2011)
Commenced operations September 2012
Hubs Don Mueang International Airport
Secondary hubs Phuket International Airport
Fleet size 7
Destinations 3
Company slogan Go every city by City Airways
Headquarters Bangkok, Thailand
Website www.cityairways.co.th

City Airways (Thai:ซิตี้แอร์เวย์) is an airline in Thailand, founded in 2011, it began operations in September 2012. It serves regularly scheduled domestic and international (scheduled and charter) flights in Thailand, Hong Kong and China. Its main hub is Don Mueang International Airport.

In 2015, the Chairman Mr. Yan Zexin of City Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to lease ten Comac C919 and ten Comac ARJ21-700 aircraft.[1]

On 13 February 2016, City Airways was ordered by the CAAT to halt its operations, the company is under way of recovery.

Destinations

City Airways currently flies to the following destinations:[2]

Hong Kong
Thailand

Fleet

A City Airways Boeing 737-400 at Don Mueang International Airport in November 2013

As of May 2017, the City Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3]

Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers
Boeing 737-400 6 0 168
Boeing 737-800 1 0 189
Comac C919 0 10 TBA
Comac ARJ21-700 0 10 TBA
Total 7 20

References

  1. "City Airways". Airliner World: 19. November 2015.
  2. http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/aviation/367876/city-airways-to-launch-domestic-flights
  3. Planespotters.net https://www.planespotters.net/airline/City-Airways-(Thailand). Retrieved 5 May 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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http://www.avitrader.com/2015/09/18/city-airways-leased-737-400-to-be-repossessed-by-lessor-logistic-air-2/

http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/40394-city-airways-adds-first-b737-800-b737-400-to-be-repossessed

http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/5-thai-airlines-fail-to-meet-chinas-safety-requirements/61859/

http://atwonline.com/regulation/thailand-regulator-grounds-lcc-city-airways

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1573773/city-airways-planes-are-safe-its-hong-kong-based-director-insists

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1573109/city-airways-grounded-due-safety-concerns-leaving-hundreds-stranded

http://www.chiangraitimes.com/300-chinese-stranded-in-phuket-after-city-airways-grounded-over-safety-fears.html

http://www.thephuketnews.com/airline-strands-300-chinese-tourists-at-phuket-airport-47821.php

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/863156/caat-puts-brakes-on-city-airways

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/City-Airways-allowed-to-resume-flights-until-Thurs-30279277.html

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