Lucky Air

Lucky Air
祥鹏航空公司

IATA 8L ICAO LKE Callsign LUCKY AIR
Founded	July 2004
Hubs	Kunming Wujiaba International Airport
Fleet size	17
Destinations	40
Parent company	Hainan Airlines Group
Headquarters	Kunming, Yunnan, China
Key people	Ma Guohua (Chairman)
Website	http://www.luckyair.net/

Lucky Air (Chinese: 祥鹏航空公司; pinyin: Xiángpéng Hángkōng Gōngsī) is an airline based in Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China. It operates scheduled services from Dali to Kunming and Xishuangbanna, and plans to expand to other areas of China. Its main base is Kunming Wujiaba International Airport.^[1]

History

The airline was established in July 2004 as a start-up airline known as Shilin Airlines.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2004 it was reported that Hainan Airlines was investing 2.93 million yuan and providing three Dornier aircraft to the new company. An affiliate of Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines, was investing 47.07 million yuan and providing a Boeing and a de Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation Co. would invest 1 million yuan.^[2]

On 23 December 2005, Shilin Airlines changed name to Lucky Air. It started operations with a flight between Kunming and Dali within Yunnan on 26 February 2006.^{[citation needed]}

The airline is owned by Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation. It has 263 employees (at March 2007).^[1]

Fleet

Lucky Air

The Lucky Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of April 2012)^[1] :

• 7 Airbus A319-100 (leased to Beijing Capital Airlines)
• 7 Boeing 737-700
• 3 Boeing 737-800

References

External links

• Official website

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