Lucky Air

Infobox_Airline
airline=Lucky Air
祥鹏航空公司

logo_size=
fleet_size=3
destinations=14
IATA=8L
ICAO=LKE
callsign=LUCKY AIR
parent=Hainan Airlines Group
founded=2004
headquarters=Kunming, Yunnan, China
key_people=Ma Guohua (Chairman)
hubs=Dali Airport
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frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
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 Dali Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 107 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline was established in July 2004 as a start-up airline known as Shilin Airlines. Fact|date=June 2007

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. [ [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200407/29/eng20040729_151259.html People's Daily] 29 July 2004]

On December 23, 2005, Shilin Airlines changed name to Lucky Air. It started operations with a flight between Kunming and Dali within Yunnan on February 26, 2006. Fact|date=June 2007

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

Fleet

The Lucky Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) :
*3 Boeing 737-700

External links

* [http://www.luckyair.net/ Lucky Air]

References