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Sichuan Airlines is a regional airline headquartered at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan in China. Sichuan Airlines destinations now include Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Taipei, Kathmandu, Male, Taiwan, Dubai, Jakarta, Singapore, Bangkok, Moscow, Melbourne and New Zealand, Sydney and many others. Sichuan Airlines operates mainly scheduled domestic flights out of Chengdu Shuangliu Airport and Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport.  As of July 2016, Sichuan Airline's fleet in total is a size of 109 aircraft. Currently operating using the very favoured A319-100, A320, A321 and A330 aircraft, Sichuan Airlines aircraft can accommodate anywhere between 132 and 301 passengers.

 

Established on 19 September 1986, with operations starting 14 July 1988 between Chengdu and Wanzhou. In August 2002 it was reorganised and the Sichuan Airlines Group, which is owned by the provincial government, became the major shareholder (40%). The other shareholders are China Southern Airlines (39%), Shandong Airlines (10%), Shanghai Airlines (10%) and Gingko Restaurant Co.(1%). The airline launched its first long-haul overseas route in June 2012 with flights from its Chengdu hub to Vancouver, Canada. Its second long-haul flight, from Chengdu to Melbourne, Australia, was launched in February 2013 with three weekly services. On October 17, 2016 the airline launched twice-a-week service from Chengdu via Hangzhou to Los Angeles.

 
 

In November 2016 Sichuan Airlines announced it will launch a non-stop flight between Chengdu and Dubai and that they were expecting to receive their first A350-900 aircraft. This comes as part of a leasing agreement signed between the Chinese carrier and AerCap for three A350-900 aircraft.The new Airbus A350-900 can accommodate up to 325 passengers in a standard 3 class configuration. Commencing on 14th December 2016, the new international service will operated twice a week, departing the Sichuan provincial capital on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the return flights respectively returning the next day. It is believed that Sichuan Airlines will operate using their Airbus A330 aircraft offering a total of 245 seats in all cabins.

 
 

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Sichuan Airlines Hub Airport

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

 

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is the major international airport serving Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan Province. Shuangliu International Airport is the hub airport for Sichuan Airlines as well as Chengdu Airlines. The airport has two runways and can handle nearly 40 million passengers. 

 

Other airlines which fly to and from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport include AirAsia, Air China, Air Maca, Asiana Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines, British Airways, Hainan Airlines, EVA Air, Juneyao Airlines, KLM, Kunming Airlines and many others. 

 

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Sichuan Airlines News

27th June 2018
Sichuan Airlines adds Swiss service - Chengdu – Prague – Zurich  
On 23rd June the launch of Sichuan Airlines’ first flight to Chengdu took place from Zurich. The airline launched a new European link (from Chengdu - Zurich). This new route is an extension to the existing Chengdu-Prague itinerary. This will be operated 2 x weekly (Wednesdays and Saturdays) with A330 fleet. 

 

21st June 2018
Sichuan Airlines applies for Boston service
Sichuan Airlines is seeking approval from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to open service to Boston, Massachusetts.

The Chengdu-based carrier plans to launch the service 17th December with 2 x weekly flights operated by an A350-900, which iwill be delivered soon. Sichuan is expected to introduce 4 A350-900 aircraft, configured with 28 business - and 303 economy-class seats, in 2019. The airline secured clearance from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for the new service 25th December 2017.

The airline plans to transport 55,608 passengers on this new service with an average load factor of 75%.

In 2017, Sichuan Airlines reportedly transported 24,000 passengers on the Hangzhou-Los Angeles route and 28,000 passengers on Jinan-Los Angeles route. The average load factor on these 2 routes was less than 60%.

In 2014, Hainan Airlines opened Beijing-Boston service and launched Shanghai-Boston service in 2015. In 2017, Hainan Airlines carried 160,100 passengers on its Beijing-Boston route with an average load factor of 78%, and transported 61,000 passengers on the Shanghai-Boston route with an average load factor of 74.7%.

 
 
 
15th May 2018
Sichuan Airline's co-pilot almost sucked out of the plane!
Sichuan Airlines had a dramatic evening when a flight from southwestern China to Tibet turned chaotic when a windshield burst open in mid-air, sucking the co-pilot from his controls and nearly out of the window. The windshield shattered on Sichuan Airlines Flight 3U8633 causing the co-pilot to almost be thrown out of the plane. The plane was flying at 30,000 feet at the time on its way to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Pilot Liu Chuanjian diverted the flight and made an emergency stop in Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan Province. The CAA said the windshield showed no signs of malfunction that required any maintenance prior to the incident. None of the 128 passengers on board were injured, however a member of cabin crew sustained minor injuries. The passengers were put another flight to their destination, according to reports. 
 
13th April 2018
China's Jiuzhaigou airport to resume ops in early-2Q18
Jiuzhaigou airport in central China is set to resume scheduled passenger operations on April 18, 2018, following a four-month suspension caused by the closure of the neighbouring Jiuzhaigou National Park, The Standard has reported. 

According to the ch-aviation schedule module, the airport will be served by Sichuan Airlines (3U, Chengdu) with 4x weekly service to Chengdu, operated with A319-100 equipment. 

The suspension of the service followed an earthquake which caused devastation in parts of the Sichuan province in August 2017. While the airport itself was not destroyed, the neighbouring National Park, the main tourist attraction in the area, was closed until a partial re-opening in early March 2018. 

For the time being, no other carrier announced service to Jiuzhaigau airport.
 
 
 
3rd April 2018
Sichuan Airlines to add fifth freedom flights to Zurich in June

Sichuan Airlines has secured approval to use fifth freedom rights to extend a route from Chengdu, China to Prague, Czech Republic and onto Zurich, Switzerland beginning June 23.

The new twice-weekly Chengdu-Prague-Zurich Airbus A330 service is expected to become the first fifth freedom flight from Chengdu to transport passengers to a third country.

Currently, the domestic regional carrier operates international services that include twice-weekly Chengdu-Prague service and two European routes to Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Sichuan Airlines chairman Li Haiying had previously said the carrier planned to open five international routes this year—all originating from Chengdu—to Copenhagen, Boston, Cairo and Tel Aviv, in addition to Zurich.

Sichuan Airlines operates a fleet of 132 aircraft on more than 270 routes. The carrier uses 11 Airbus A330s on 48 international routes.

Last year, the airline leased four Airbus A350s and ordered 10 A350s in February, which are scheduled to be delivered from May to facilitate the international expansion.

 
6th March 2018
Sichuan Airlines launches 5 international routes
The Chengdu-based carrier, Sichuan Airlines, intends to expand operations by adding five intercontinental routes this year. These routes will do to Zurich, Switzerland, Cpenhagen, Denmark, Boston, USA, Cairo, Egypt, and Tel Aviv, Israel. All of these proposed ideas have been probationally approved and are set to launch in May. In addition, Sichuan is also considering opening a new intercontinental route to Panama. “We haven’t fully decided [whether to open Panama route] and this Panama route still needs verification,” Li said.
 
 
 
7th September 2017
Sichuan Airlines opens New Zealand flight route
Sichuan Airlines has taken delivery of its maiden A320neo with B-8949 (msn 7540) having been positioned to Tianjin via Astana.
Sichuan Airlines is expecting a total of 24 of the type delivered direct from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac). Sichuan Airlines operates twenty A319-100s, fifty-five A320-200s, and thirty-eight A321-200s.

 

 
14th June 2017
Sichuan Airlines opens New Zealand flight route

Sichuan Airlines will operate 3 direct flights Weekly between Auckland and Chengdu.

New Zealand's largest city Auckland is set to welcome Sichuan Airlines' inaugural flight from Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday.

"New Zealand is in a strong position to attract airlines, with a liberal international air transport policy that allows most major airlines to operate services to New Zealand without restriction," Bridges said in a release.

"We have negotiated 60 new or amended air services agreements since 2012," Bridges said, adding " In that time period, the number of services Chinese airlines can offer each week under arrangements between our countries has risen from 7 to 59."

"New Zealand is an increasingly popular tourist destination for Chinese visitors," he said.

In the year ended March 2017, 404,384 Chinese visitors came to New Zealand -- an increase of 7 percent on the year before, and visitors from China spent 1.45 billion NZ dollars (1.05 billion U.S. dollars), second only to the spending by visitors from Australia, according to the minister. New Zealand is further expanding its international connectivity, allowing people to get to and from Chinese provinces with greater ease, he said, adding that it is also a testament to the success of New Zealand's International Air Transport Policy, which provides additional opportunities for these airlines.

 
17th May 2017
Sichuan Airlines will commence scheduled operations from 28th May 2017 from China's Shangrao Airport. These flights for the regional airport will fly 2 x Weekly to Chengdu, using A320-200. Other routes planned are Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai.
 
 
May 2017
Sichuan Airlines announced it had launched new service to Russia, with the offering of Harbin- Vladivostok route
 The carrier’s Airbus A321 aircraft inaugurated this route on 11MAY17, operating twice weekly for summer season.

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