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| Founded | 19 September 1986; 39 years ago (1986-09-19) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 14 July 1988; 37 years ago (1988-07-14) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Golden Panda | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 212 | ||||||
| Destinations | 151[2] | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport,Chengdu,Sichuan | ||||||
| Key people | Yue LI (CEO) | ||||||
| Employees | more than 6,000 | ||||||
| Website | sichuanair.com global | ||||||
| Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. | |||||||||||
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| Chinese | 四川航空股份公司 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 川航 | ||||||||||
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Sichuan Airlines is the largest airline in Western China, headquartered inChengdu,Sichuan, China.
The airline is based inChengdu, operating mainly scheduled domestic and international flights out ofChengdu Shuangliu Airport,Chengdu Tianfu International Airport,Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport andKunming Changshui International Airport. Sichuan Airlines is also the first airline in mainland China to operate theAirbus A320 and among the first batch of airlines in mainland China to operate theAirbus A350.
The airline was established on 19 September 1986 as Sichuan Airlines Company, its first flight was on 14 July 1988 betweenChengdu andWanzhou.[citation needed]
The airline was later restructured as Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. on 29 August 2002, in which the Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. Group became the major shareholder (40%). The other shareholders areChina Southern Airlines (39%),China Eastern Airlines (10%),Air China Group (10%) and Chengdu Gingko Restaurant Co. (1%).[3][4]
In 2018, the airline was the 42th largest airline group in the world ranked by traffic.[5]
Sichuan Airlines' corporate headquarters is located in its hubChengdu Shuangliu International Airport inShuangliu District,Chengdu,Sichuan,[6] and its secondary hubs are atChongqing Jiangbei International Airport andKunming Changshui International Airport.[3]
Sichuan Airlines ownsChengdu Airlines as its subsidiary, which also has its hub atChengdu Shuangliu International Airport. Chengdu Airlines was formerly named as United Eagle Airlines, and was renamed to Chengdu Airlines to help lift the image ofChengdu on behalf of the city's government, according to an anonymous official of Sichuan Airlines. In late 2009, Sichuan Airlines sold some of its share of Chengdu Airlines to aircraft manufacturerComac and the Chengdu Communications Investment Group. Chengdu Airlines is the first operator of theComac ARJ21.[7]
Sichuan Airlines' logo is ahaiyan (海燕) that is soaring with high temperament, symbolizing the company's entrepreneurial spirit. The circle represents the earth and the four wave patterns represents a hundred rivers going into the sea and carrying back virtues, corresponding to the core values of Sichuan Airlines' "truthfulness, goodness, beauty, love", symbolizing that Sichuan Airlines takes off from the inland and connects the stability of land civilization and the outward development of marine civilization.[8]
In addition to the logo, Sichuan Airlines gives emphasis to the Chinese character "川" in which not only the character means river or a shortened name of Sichuan, but also that the character is defined as running through and gathering. It means that Sichuan Airlines is engaged in aviation flight and had built a world-class fleet that connects five continents, improving its network radiation capability and opening more international routes to build a bridge betweenWestern China and the world and to integrate the world's corporate vision.[8]
Sichuan Airlines is operating mainly flights inEast Asia (Hong Kong,Tokyo,Beijing,Osaka,Seoul,Shanghai,Taipei,Guangzhou,Lhasa,Kunming,Urumqi,Kathmandu, etc).[citation needed]
Others destinations includeAustralia (Sydney,Melbourne),New Zealand (Auckland),Africa (Cairo),Western Asia (Dubai),Southeast Asia (Singapore,Bangkok,Jakarta),Europe (Istanbul,Rome) andNorth America (Vancouver,Los Angeles), etc.[citation needed]
The airline launched its firstlong-haul overseas route in June 2012 with flights from its Chengdu hub toVancouver, Canada. Its second long-haul flight, from Chengdu toMelbourne, Australia, was launched in February 2013 with three weekly services. On 17 October 2016 the airline launched twice-a-week service from Chengdu viaHangzhou toLos Angeles (LAX).[9] In 2016, Sichuan Airlines started twice-a-week flights to its first European destination,Prague.[10] On 23 June 2018, Sichuan Airlines launched service fromChengdu toZurich viaPrague. It was the firstfifth freedom flight for the airline. It was also the only airline operating this route withAirbus A330 wide-body aircraft.[11]
Sichuan Airlines hascodeshare agreements with the following airlines:[12]
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As of October 2025[update], Sichuan Airlines operates an all-Airbus fleet composed of the following aircraft:[16][17]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| Airbus A319-100 | 18 | — | 8 | 124 | 132 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 55 | — | 8 | 150 | 158 | B-6388 in Chinese Dragon livery. B-6719 in Yunnan livery. |
| 156 | 164 | |||||
| Airbus A320neo | 38 | 3 | 8 | 150 | 158[18] | |
| — | 180 | 180 | ||||
| Airbus A321-200 | 46 | — | 12 | 177 | 189 | B-1663 in "100th Aircraft" livery. |
| 8 | 186 | 194 | ||||
| Airbus A321neo | 21 | 3 | 8 | 190 | 198 | |
| 193 | 201 | |||||
| Airbus A321LR | 6[19] | — | 8 | 193 | 201 | Operating direct flights to Male from Chengdu.[19] |
| Airbus A330-200 | 4 | — | 24 | 250 | 274 | One aircraft painted in Panda livery. |
| Airbus A330-300 | 7 | — | 36 | 265 | 301[20] | B-5923 and B-5929 in "Wuliangye" livery. B-5945 in2021 Summer Universiade livery. |
| 24 | 281 | 305 | ||||
| Airbus A350-900 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 303 | 331 | B-325J and B-306N in Panda Route livery. B-304V and B-304U in Chengdu FISU World University Games livery. B-301D in Panda livery. |
| Comac C919 | — | 20 | TBA | |||
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| Airbus A321-200/P2F | 4 | — | Cargo | |||
| Airbus A330-200F | 3 | — | Cargo | |||
| Airbus A330-300/P2F | 2 | — | Cargo | Deliveries started in 2022.[21] | ||
| Total | 213 | 29 | ||||
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| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | 2010 | 2016 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 13 | 1996 | 2019 | |
| Airbus A321-100 | 2 | 2003 | 2015 | |
| Airbus A321-200 | 4 | 1998 | 2018 | |
| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | 2012 | 2014 | |
| Antonov An-24 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Embraer ERJ 145 | 5 | 2000 | 2011 | |
| Tupolev Tu-154 | 6 | 1992 | 2001 | [22] |
| Xian MA60 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Xian Y-7 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | [citation needed] |
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The Golden Panda Club is afrequent-flyer program launched by Sichuan Airlines. It can accumulate every flight mileage and enjoy free tickets and other product rewards. When the mileage reaches a certain standard, it can be upgraded to a VIP member and enjoy free upgrades. Free first-class lounge waiting, free baggage allowance, and other value-added services.[23]
Address: Aviation Building, Shuangliu International Airport, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
公司地址 成都双流国际机场川航大厦-Alternate address: "NO. 68，4th JiChang South Road, ShuangLiu District, Cheng Du City, SiChuan Province"
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