Qingdao Airlines


Qingdao Airlines is a startup Chinese airline that commenced operations on 26 April 2014. The carrier is based at Qingdao Liuting International Airport.

History

An application for the establishment of an airline based in the Shandong province was filed with the Civil Aviation Administration of China by the Yantai-based Nanshan Group in May 2013. Approval was received by the CAAC between that month and June 2013, when Qingdao Airlines was formed.

Corporate affairs

Ownership

Initially, the airline was owned by the Nanshan Group , the Qingdao Transport Development Group and Shandong Airlines . The initial capital of Qingdao Airlines was CNY1 billion . In July 2015, Shandong Airlines transferred its shares to a subsidiary of the Nanshan Group; as of 2015, the airline plans to sell the 25% of the shares held by QTDG in order to become fully private. Since November 2015, Qingdao Airlines was fully owned by Nanshan Group.

Key people

, Song Zuowen was the president of the airline.

Headquarters

The airline's headquarters are in Chengyang District, Qingdao.

Destinations

Operations started on linking Qingdao with Chengdu., the airline top five routes ranked by seat capacity were Qingdao–Shanghai, Qingdao–Beijing, Qingdao–Hangzhou, Qingdao–Shenyang and Qingdao–Dalian., Qingdao Airlines served the following destinations:
Qingdao Airlines operates to the following destinations :
CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
CambodiaSihanoukvilleSihanouk International Airport
ChinaBeijingBeijing Capital International Airport
ChinaChangchunChangchun Longjia International Airport
ChinaChangshaChangsha Huanghua International Airport
ChinaDalianDalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
ChinaGuilinGuilin Liangjiang International Airport
ChinaGuiyangGuiyang Longdongbao International Airport
ChinaHarbinHarbin Taiping International Airport
ChinaHefeiHefei Xinqiao International Airport
ChinaHohhotHohhot Baita International Airport
ChinaKunmingKunming Changshui International Airport
ChinaLanzhouLanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
ChinaNanjingNanjing Lukou International Airport
ChinaNanningNanning Wuxu International Airport
ChinaQingdaoQingdao Liuting International Airport
ChinaQuanzhouQuanzhou Jinjiang International Airport
ChinaShanghaiShanghai Pudong International Airport
ChinaShenyangShenyang Taoxian International Airport
ChinaTianjinTianjin Binhai International Airport
ChinaÜrümqiÜrümqi Diwopu International Airport
ChinaYantaiYantai Penglai International Airport
ChinaYinchuanYinchuan Hedong International Airport
ChinaZunyiZunyi Xinzhou Airport
South KoreaSeoulIncheon International Airport
VietnamNha TrangCam Ranh International Airport
MalaysiaPenangPenang International Airport

The airline originally aimed to become a ″boutique airline″ and had plans to start services to Shenzhen and Shenyang in the near future; Guangzhou and Shanghai were expected to be served in the longer term.

Fleet

, Qingdao Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

AircraftIn serviceOrders
Airbus A320-200140
Airbus A320neo117
Total257


In September 2013, an order for Airbus A320s and 18 A320neos was placed in a deal valued at USD2.5 billion. The carrier phased in its first aircraft, a 152-seater Airbus A320, in early April 2014. The carrier took ownership of its first two A320neos in October 2018. Qingdao Airlines planned to expand its fleet to 60 aircraft by 2020.