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| Founded | 2004; 22 years ago (2004) (asUnited Eagle Airlines) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 27 July 2005; 20 years ago (2005-07-27) | ||||||
| Hubs | Chengdu-Shuangliu[1] Chengdu–Tianfu | ||||||
| Fleet size | 82 | ||||||
| Destinations | 113[2] | ||||||
| Parent company | Sichuan Airlines | ||||||
| Headquarters | Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Chengdu Airlines is aChinese airline headquartered inShuangliu, Chengdu,Sichuan,China.[3] A subsidiary ofSichuan Airlines, it operates a network of scheduled domestic passenger flights from itshub atChengdu Shuangliu International Airport andChengdu Tianfu International Airport.
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Originally namedUnited Eagle Airlines Co., Ltd (鹰联航空公司; also known asUEAir), the company was founded in 2004 by a former executive ofChina Northwest Airlines, with the necessary funding being provided by the Vickers Financial Group.[4] It received its first airliner, anAirbus A320 that previously had belonged toAir Jamaica, on 8 July 2005,[citation needed] and service began on 27 July.[4] Another similar aircraft type, the slightly smallerAirbus A319, was put in service with United Eagle Airlines on December 2 of that same year.[citation needed]
In March 2009,Sichuan Airlines invested 200 millionRMB (30 millionUSD) in United Eagle Airlines,[5] thus holding 76 percent of theshares.[4] In late 2009, Sichuan Airlines sold the shares to Chinese aircraft manufacturerComac and toChengdu Communications Investment Group. Following this ownership change, United Eagle Airlines placed an order for 30Comac ARJ21s, the first of which initially was planned to be delivered in late 2010.[6]
On 23 January 2010, the airline was renamedChengdu Airlines.[4][6]
Chengdu Airlines hascodeshare agreements with the following airlines:
On April 5, 2013, a Chengdu Airlines 2319 (flight number: EU2229) on a regularly scheduled flight from Changdu Shuangliu was at the center of a safety incident when its crew performed a blind, unauthorized landing atNanning Wuxu International Airport in inclement weather and against the advice offlight controllers. Following an investigation by the Southwestern Regional Administration of theCivil Aviation Administration of China, all three crew members were grounded and a safety team was dispatched to monitor Chengdu Airlines for a month of on-site supervision.[14]
As of August 2025[update], Chengdu Airlines operates the following aircraft:[15]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| Airbus A319-100 | 4 | — | 12 | 108 | 120 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 30 | — | — | 180 | 180 | |
| Airbus A320neo | 12 | — | TBA | |||
| Airbus A321neo | 5 | — | TBA | |||
| Comac C909 | 30 | 2 | — | 90 | 90 | Launch customer. 2 leased toVietJet Air. |
| Total | 81 | 2 | ||||
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