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Tibet Airlines
西藏航空
Xīzàng Hángkōng
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TIBET AIRFounded 2010 Hubs Lhasa Gonggar Airport Fleet size 1 (2 on order) Destinations 4 Headquarters Lhasa, Tibet, China Key people Liu Yanping, General Manager Website http://www.tibetairlines.com.cn Tibet Airlines (Chinese: 西藏航空公司; pinyin: Xīzàng Hángkōng Gōngsī, bod ljongs mkha' 'grul བོད་ལྗོངས་མཁའ་འགྲུལ།) is a new airline based in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China,[1][2] and operates scheduled domestic flights out of Lhasa Gonggar Airport.
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History
Tibet Airlines was approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in March 2010[3]. It has ordered three Airbus A319 airliners and intends to order more airliners from the same family.[4]. The airline received its first aircraft on 2 July 2011 and launched service by operating flight from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Ngari Gunsa Airport on 26 July. It intends to start flight to Beijing and Shanghai by the end of 2011.
The airline also announced plans to start direct flights to Europe by 2015 or 2016.[5] In February 2011, the Times of India reported that the airline is interested in starting operations in India and other countries in South and South East Asia.[6]
Destinations
- Chengdu (Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport)
- Chongqing (Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport)
- Lhasa (Lhasa Gonggar Airport) Hub
- Shiquanhe, Ngari (Ali) (Ngari Gunsa Airport)
Fleet
The Tibet Airlines fleet will consists of three Airbus A319-115s. [7]
Tibet Airlines Fleet Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers
(Business/Economy)Notes Airbus A319 3 0 128 (8/120) Total 3 0 References
- ^ "Tibet Airlines to be launched in May; first flights due mid 2011". People's Daily Online. 15 April 2010. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6952666.html. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Tibet Airlines will launch its operations with the A319". Airbus. 19 August 2010. http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/tibet-airlines-will-launch-its-operations-with-the-a319/. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Tibet Airlines to take off next year: state media". The Independent (London). 27 June 2010. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/tibet-airlines-to-take-off-next-year-state-media-2012233.html. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Start-up Tibet Airlines to take three A319s". Flight Global. 19 August 2010. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/19/346347/start-up-tibet-airlines-to-take-three-a319s.html. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Tibet Airlines to start routes to Europe". People's Daily Online. 25 August 2010. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/7116490.html. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ The Times Of India. 27 February 2011. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Tibet-Airlines-keen-to-start-operations-in-India/articleshow/7584210.cms. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Tibet Airlines - Details and Fleet History". Planespotters.net. 04 August 2011. http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Tibet-Airlines. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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